PF0024

fermat_four_product_nonzero

Alpha v34 independently verified · alpha_closed; checked-use authorized; not Stable

The product of two nonzero naturals is nonzero, by the checked zero-product disjunction.

Current library: Alpha v34, 4,223 checked-use theorems; Stable remains 432. Historical first admissions, original proof editions, and non-admitted aliases are preserved. Exact original first-admission records.

Exact expanded first-order arithmetic statement

forall a b. ~(a = 0) -> ~(b = 0) -> ~(a * b = 0)

Constructive proof overview

Generated structural guide

The product of two nonzero naturals is nonzero, by the checked zero-product disjunction.

The unchanged tactic script uses 1 declared prerequisite and contains 15 exact native proof lines.

dependency-curried kernel-checked theorem body; Alpha enrollment and checked-use authority follow separately sealed release evidence; Stable membership remains unchanged

Proof neighborhood

Direct dependencies

mul_eq_zero Stable theorem; checked-use authorized

Direct dependents

Formal native tactic body

Dependencies are introduced as named hypotheses before line 1. Local theorem links identify exact declared prerequisites. This exact body belongs to a complete independently kernel-checked constructive proof bundle and has Alpha checked-use authority; it does not imply Stable membership.

Read the argument

Proof checkpoints

15 script commands · 4 reading checkpoints · 1 local claims

This is a reading aid, not a new proof or a proof-tree certificate. Checkpoint groups are consecutive commands, not inferred branch boundaries. Every step links to the preserved script.

01Fix variables and assumptionsL1–5

Work with arbitrary variables or the premises of the current implication.

  1. L1
    intro a
  2. L2
    intro b
  3. L3
    intro ha
  4. L4
    intro hb
  5. L5
    intro hzero
02Establish hcasesL6–10

Establish this local claim before using it. It is not an additional assumption. The following proof commands apply mul eq zero.

  1. L6
    have hcases : a = 0 \/ b = 0
  2. L7
    specialize mul_eq_zero (a)
  3. L8
    specialize mul_eq_zero (b)
  4. L9
    apply mul_eq_zero
  5. L10
    exact hzero
03Separate the logical casesL11–11

Follow the explicit conjunction, disjunction, witness, or contradiction step recorded below.

  1. L11
    cases hcases
04Use earlier factsL12–15

Instantiate or apply named facts and discharge the corresponding proof obligations.

  1. L12
    apply ha
  2. L13
    exact hcases_left
  3. L14
    apply hb
  4. L15
    exact hcases_right

Library-wide reading audit

Original exact command ledger · 15 lines
  1. 0001intro a
  2. 0002intro b
  3. 0003intro ha
  4. 0004intro hb
  5. 0005intro hzero
  6. 0006have hcases : a = 0 \/ b = 0
  7. 0007specialize mul_eq_zero (a)
  8. 0008specialize mul_eq_zero (b)
  9. 0009apply mul_eq_zero
  10. 0010exact hzero
  11. 0011cases hcases
  12. 0012apply ha
  13. 0013exact hcases_left
  14. 0014apply hb
  15. 0015exact hcases_right