Mathlib v4.30 source proposition Nat.choose_ne_zero

Identifier: F:ml430-nat-choose-ne-zero-49c3d3cb
Proof route: kernel-lean
External status: proved
Axiom footprint: Empty

Recorded description

The proposition declared as `Nat.choose_ne_zero` in the pinned Mathlib v4.30 source.

Formal statement

∀ {n k : ℕ}, k ≤ n → n.choose k ≠ 0

Dependencies

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7 direct dependencies 0 direct dependents

Evidence

kernel-Nat.choose_ne_zero

Kind: kernel-term
Status: checked

Supports: ∀ {n k : ℕ}, k ≤ n → n.choose k ≠ 0

Checker command

test "$(cargo run -q -p axeyum-lean-kernel --example nat_theorem_inventory -- choose_ne_zero 2>/dev/null | grep -Ec '^Nat\.choose_ne_zero[[:space:]]')" -ge 1

Evidence notes

`build_nat_prelude` admits `Nat.choose_ne_zero` through the trusted `Kernel::add_declaration` gate, which re-checks the proof term against the stated type, so producing this row at all is a machine-checked proof. `nat_theorem_inventory` exits non-zero for a name that does not exist, and the `grep -c` count (tested `-ge 1`, not piped into `grep -q`) requires the admitted declaration to actually be printed.

footprint-Nat.choose_ne_zero

Kind: exhaustive-enumeration
Status: checked

Supports: axiom_footprint: [] -- the Nat prelude's trusted surface is empty

Checker command

cargo run -q -p axeyum-lean-kernel --example nat_axiom_inventory -- --require-axiom-free nat

Evidence notes

`nat_axiom_inventory --require-axiom-free nat` enumerates the built Nat environment and exits non-zero unless it admits no Axiom, Opaque or Quotient declaration (measured: axiom=0 opaque=0 quotient=0). A theorem cannot depend on a trusted declaration the environment does not contain, so an empty trusted surface bounds every individual theorem's footprint by [].

Provenance

{
  "date": "2026-08-18",
  "established_by": "axeyum-lean-kernel build_nat_prelude, lane choose-backlog",
  "prior_art": [
    {
      "attribution": "the proposition was read from the pinned statement-only inventory; the proof term and tactic trace were not consulted",
      "what": "the theorem declaration `Nat.choose_ne_zero`",
      "where": "mathlib4 commit c5ea00351c28e24afc9f0f84379aa41082b1188f (v4.30.0)",
      "who": "the Mathlib contributors",
      "year": 2026
    }
  ],
  "source": "statement-only extraction of `Nat.choose_ne_zero` from Mathlib v4.30.0; no proof value was exposed"
}