/- Copyright (c) Heather Macbeth, 2023. All rights reserved. -/ import Mathlib.Tactic.Choose open Function def Inverse (f : X → Y) (g : Y → X) : Prop := g ∘ f = id ∧ f ∘ g = id theorem bijective_iff_exists_inverse (f : X → Y) : Bijective f ↔ ∃ g : Y → X, Inverse f g := by constructor · rintro ⟨h_inj, h_surj⟩ choose g hg using h_surj refine ⟨g, ?_, funext hg⟩ funext x exact h_inj (hg _) · rintro ⟨g, hgf, hfg⟩ constructor · intro x1 x2 hx have H : (g ∘ f) x1 = (g ∘ f) x2 := by simp [hx] simpa only [hgf] using H · intro y refine ⟨g y, ?_⟩ simpa using congr_fun hfg y theorem surjective_of_intertwining {f : X → ℕ} {x0 : X} (h0 : f x0 = 0) {i : X → X} (hi : ∀ x, f (i x) = f x + 1) : Function.Surjective f | 0 => ⟨x0, h0⟩ | k + 1 => by obtain ⟨x, hx⟩ := surjective_of_intertwining h0 hi k refine ⟨i x, ?_⟩ simp [hi, hx]