/- Copyright (c) 2021 Eric Rodriguez. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Eric Rodriguez -/ prelude import Init.Data.Zero /-! # `NeZero` typeclass We create a typeclass `NeZero n` which carries around the fact that `(n : R) ≠ 0`. ## Main declarations * `NeZero`: `n ≠ 0` as a typeclass. -/ variable {R : Type _} [Zero R] /-- A type-class version of `n ≠ 0`. -/ class NeZero (n : R) : Prop where /-- The proposition that `n` is not zero. -/ out : n ≠ 0 theorem NeZero.ne (n : R) [h : NeZero n] : n ≠ 0 := h.out theorem NeZero.ne' (n : R) [h : NeZero n] : 0 ≠ n := h.out.symm theorem neZero_iff {n : R} : NeZero n ↔ n ≠ 0 := ⟨fun h ↦ h.out, NeZero.mk⟩ @[simp] theorem neZero_zero_iff_false {α : Type _} [Zero α] : NeZero (0 : α) ↔ False := ⟨fun _ ↦ NeZero.ne (0 : α) rfl, fun h ↦ h.elim⟩