class OfNatSound (α : Type u) [Add α] [(n : Nat) → OfNat α n] : Prop where ofNat_add (n m : Nat) : (OfNat.ofNat n : α) + OfNat.ofNat m = OfNat.ofNat (n+m) export OfNatSound (ofNat_add) theorem ex1 {α : Type u} [Add α] [(n : Nat) → OfNat α n] [OfNatSound α] : (10000000 : α) + 10000000 = 20000000 := ofNat_add .. -- Some example structure class S (α : Type u) extends Add α, Mul α, Zero α, One α where add_assoc (a b c : α) : a + b + c = a + (b + c) add_zero (a : α) : a + 0 = a zero_add (a : α) : 0 + a = a mul_zero (a : α) : a * 0 = 0 mul_one (a : α) : a * 1 = a left_distrib (a b c : α) : a * (b + c) = a * b + a * c -- Very simply default `ofNat` for `S` protected def S.ofNat (α : Type u) [S α] : Nat → α | 0 => 0 | n+1 => S.ofNat α n + 1 instance [S α] : OfNat α n where ofNat := S.ofNat α n instance [S α] : OfNatSound α where ofNat_add n m := by induction m with | zero => simp [OfNat.ofNat, S.ofNat]; erw [S.add_zero] | succ m ih => simp [OfNat.ofNat, S.ofNat] at *; erw [← ih]; rw [S.add_assoc] theorem S.ofNat_mul [S α] (n m : Nat) : (OfNat.ofNat n : α) * OfNat.ofNat m = OfNat.ofNat (n * m) := by induction m with | zero => rw [Nat.mul_zero]; erw [S.mul_zero]; rfl | succ m ih => show OfNat.ofNat (α := α) n * OfNat.ofNat (m + 1) = OfNat.ofNat (n * m.succ) rw [Nat.mul_succ, ← ofNat_add, ← ofNat_add, ← ih, left_distrib] simp [OfNat.ofNat, S.ofNat] erw [S.zero_add, S.mul_one] theorem ex2 [S α] : (100000000000000000 : α) * 20000000000000000 = 2000000000000000000000000000000000 := S.ofNat_mul .. #print ex2