LEFT_AND_EXISTS_CONV : conv
STRUCTURE
Conv
SYNOPSIS
Moves an existential quantification of the left conjunct outwards through a conjunction.
DESCRIPTION
When applied to a term of the form
(?x.P) /\ Q
, the conversion
LEFT_AND_EXISTS_CONV
returns the theorem:
|- (?x.P) /\ Q = (?x'. P[x'/x] /\ Q)
where
x'
is a primed variant of
x
that does not appear free in the input term.
FAILURE
Fails if applied to a term not of the form
(?x.P) /\ Q
.
SEEALSO
AND_EXISTS_CONV
,
EXISTS_AND_CONV
,
RIGHT_AND_EXISTS_CONV
HOL
Kananaskis-14