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   * ''​Theorem'':​   * ''​Theorem'':​
     * Conceptually,​ this really looks just like a unit test.     * Conceptually,​ this really looks just like a unit test.
-    * Synonyms that can be used interchangably ​with ''​Theorem'':​ ''​Lemma'',​ ''​Remark'',​ ''​Corollary'',​ ''​Proposition'',​ ''​Example''​ +    * Synonyms that can be used interchangeably ​with ''​Theorem'':​ ''​Lemma'',​ ''​Remark'',​ ''​Corollary'',​ ''​Proposition'',​ ''​Example''​ 
-    * Syntax: ​''​Theorem <​test_name>:​ <boolean expression>​.''​+    * Syntax:<​code>​ 
 +Theorem <​test_name>: ​[<​quantifier>,​] ​<boolean expression>​. 
 +</​code>​ 
 +    * Example of a quantifier:  ​''​forall ​ n:​nat'':<​code>​ 
 +Theorem n_plus_0 : forall n:nat, 0 + n = n. 
 +</​code>​ 
 +    * The above simply states: "​Adding zero to every natural number results in the same natural number"​
   * ''​Check'':​ displays the type of an expression.   * ''​Check'':​ displays the type of an expression.
   * ''​Notation'':​ Defines a custom operator.   * ''​Notation'':​ Defines a custom operator.
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 [[https://​coq.inria.fr/​refman/​coq-tacindex.html|Tactic Index]] [[https://​coq.inria.fr/​refman/​coq-tacindex.html|Tactic Index]]
 +===== Oddities ==
 +
 +  * If ''​n''​ is a ''​nat'',​ then the expression ''​S n''​ is the same as ''​n + 1''​.
 +    * This is because ''​nat''​ modeled as a linked list with no item--the value is encoded in the number of links in the list.  (This is a *very* weird way to model numbers.)
 +    * S is one of the constructors of ''​nat''​ which takes a single argument having type ''​nat''​.
 +
 +
 ===== Standard Library == ===== Standard Library ==
  
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