Double Induction Principle/Minimally Closed Class

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Theorem

Let $M$ be a class which is closed under a progressing mapping $g$.

Let $b$ be an element of $M$ such that $M$ is minimally closed under $g$ with respect to $b$.


Let $\RR$ be a relation on $M$ which satisfies:

\((\text D_1)\)   $:$     \(\ds \forall x \in M:\) \(\ds \map \RR {x, b} \)      
\((\text D_2)\)   $:$     \(\ds \forall x, y \in M:\) \(\ds \map \RR {x, y} \land \map \RR {y, x} \implies \map \RR {x, \map g y} \)      

Then $\map \RR {x, y}$ holds for all $x, y \in M$.


Proof

The proof proceeds by general induction.

Let an element $x$ of $M$ be defined as:

left normal with respect to $\RR$ if and only if $\map \RR {x, y}$ for all $y \in M$
right normal with respect to $\RR$ if and only if $\map \RR {y, x}$ for all $y \in M$.

Let the hypothesis be assumed.


First we demonstrate a lemma:

Lemma

Let $x$ be a right normal element of $M$ with respect to $\RR$.


Then $x$ is also a left normal element of $M$ with respect to $\RR$.

$\Box$


We now show by general induction that every $x \in M$ is right normal with respect to $\RR$.

It then follows from the lemma that $\map \RR {x, y}$ for all $x, y \in M$.


Basis for the Induction

$\map P b$ is the case:

From condition $\text D_1$ of the definition of $\RR$, we have immediately that:

$\map \RR {x, b}$

for all $x \in M$.

That is, that $b$ is right normal with respect to $\RR$.

Thus $\map P b$ is seen to hold.


This is the basis for the induction.


Induction Hypothesis

Now it needs to be shown that if $\map P x$ is true, where $x \in M$, then it logically follows that $\map P {\map g x}$ is true.


So this is the induction hypothesis:

$x$ is right normal with respect to $\RR$


from which it is to be shown that:

$\map g x$ is right normal with respect to $\RR$.


Induction Step

This is the induction step:

Let $x \in M$ be right normal with respect to $\RR$:

$\forall y \in M: \map \RR {y, x}$

By the lemma we have that $x$ is left normal with respect to $\RR$.

That is:

$\forall y \in M: \map \RR {x, y}$

Thus by condition $\text D_2$ of the definition of $\RR$:

$\forall y \in M: \map \RR {y, \map g x}$

That is, $\map g x$ is right normal with respect to $\RR$.

So $\map P x \implies \map P {\map g x}$ and by the Principle of General Induction for Minimally Closed Class:

$\forall x \in M$: $x$ is right normal with respect to $\RR$.

The result follows.

$\blacksquare$