import Mathlib namespace OAI noncomputable section open scoped BigOperators Classical namespace BinaryCoordinateSweeps variable {I : Type*} [DecidableEq I] def alternatingSubsetSum (U : Finset I) (s : ℝ) (p : Finset I → ℝ) : ℝ := ∑A ∈ U.powerset, (-1:ℝ)^(U.card-A.card)*s^A.card*p A lemma alternatingSubsetSum_of_isolated (U : Finset I) {s : ℝ} (hs : s≠0) (p : Finset I → ℝ) (i : I) (hi : i∈U) (hp : ∀A ⊆ U.erase i, p (insert i A)=s⁻¹*p A) : alternatingSubsetSum U s p=0 := by have hUi : U=insert i (U.erase i) := (Finset.insert_erase hi).symm have hn : i∉U.erase i := Finset.notMem_erase i U unfold alternatingSubsetSum rw [hUi,Finset.sum_powerset_insert hn,← Finset.sum_add_distrib] apply Finset.sum_eq_zero intro A hA have hAU : A⊆U.erase i := Finset.mem_powerset.mp hA have hiA : i∉A := fun h => hn (hAU h) have hcard := Finset.card_le_card hAU rw [Finset.card_insert_of_notMem hiA,hp A hAU] have he : (insert i (U.erase i)).card-A.card = ((insert i (U.erase i)).card-(A.card+1))+1 := by rw [Finset.card_insert_of_notMem hn] omega rw [he,pow_succ,pow_succ] simp only [mul_assoc] field_simp ring end BinaryCoordinateSweeps end end OAI