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+abbrev ℕ := Nat
+
+def hyperoperation : ℕ → ℕ → ℕ → ℕ
+  | 0, _, k => k + 1
+  | 1, m, 0 => m
+  | 2, _, 0 => 0
+  | _ + 3, _, 0 => 1
+  | n + 1, m, k + 1 => hyperoperation n m (hyperoperation (n + 1) m k)
+
+attribute [local grind] hyperoperation
+
+@[grind =]
+theorem hyperoperation_zero (m k : ℕ) : hyperoperation 0 m k = k + 1 := by
+  grind
+
+@[grind =]
+theorem hyperoperation_recursion (n m k : ℕ) :
+    hyperoperation (n + 1) m (k + 1) = hyperoperation n m (hyperoperation (n + 1) m k) := by
+  grind
+
+@[grind =]
+theorem hyperoperation_one (m k : ℕ) : hyperoperation 1 m k = m + k := by
+  induction k with grind
+
+@[grind =]
+theorem hyperoperation_two (m k : ℕ) : hyperoperation 2 m k = m * k := by
+  induction k with grind
+
+@[grind =]
+theorem hyperoperation_three (m k : ℕ) : hyperoperation 3 m k = m ^ k := by
+  induction k with grind [Nat.pow_succ] -- Ouch, this is a bad `grind` lemma.
+
+@[grind =]
+theorem hyperoperation_ge_three_one (n k : ℕ) : hyperoperation (n + 3) 1 k = 1 := by
+  induction n generalizing k with
+  | zero => grind
+  | succ n ih =>
+    cases k
+    · grind
+    · fail_if_success
+        -- This doesn't instantiate `hyperoperation_recursion`
+        -- because the goal contains `hyperoperation (n.succ + 3)`
+        -- but the lemma has `hyperoperation (n + 1)`.
+        grind [hyperoperation_recursion]
+      rw [hyperoperation_recursion, ih]