Mathlib v4.30 source proposition Nat.factorial_lt_of_lt

Identifier: F:ml430-nat-factorial-lt-of-lt-d6c2125d
Proof route: kernel-lean
External status: proved
Axiom footprint: Empty

Recorded description

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

Formal statement

∀ {m n : ℕ}, 0 < n → n < m → n.factorial < m.factorial

Dependencies

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7 direct dependencies 1 direct dependents

Evidence

kernel-Nat.factorial_lt_of_lt

Kind: kernel-term
Status: checked

Supports: ∀ {m n : ℕ}, 0 < n → n < m → n.factorial < m.factorial

Checker command

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

Evidence notes

`build_nat_prelude` admits `Nat.factorial_lt_of_lt` 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. Chains `n! < (succ n)!` (from `Nat.one_le_mul` against `0 < n` making `n! * n >= 1`, so `add_lt_add_left` strictly grows `n!` past itself once the `mul`-recursion expansion of `(succ n)!` is reoriented by `add_comm`) with `(succ n)! <= m!` (`Nat.factorial_le` at `succ n <= m`) via `Nat.lt_of_lt_of_le`. `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.factorial_lt_of_lt

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": "not established in this ledger",
  "source": "statement-only extraction of `Nat.factorial_lt_of_lt` from Mathlib v4.30.0; no proof value was exposed",
  "prior_art": [
    {
      "who": "the Mathlib contributors",
      "what": "the theorem declaration `Nat.factorial_lt_of_lt`",
      "where": "mathlib4 commit c5ea00351c28e24afc9f0f84379aa41082b1188f (v4.30.0)",
      "year": 2026,
      "attribution": "the proposition was read from the pinned statement-only inventory; the proof term and tactic trace were not consulted"
    }
  ]
}