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Linglib.Core.Scales.LawfulComparison

Core/Scales/LawfulComparison.lean — opt-in lawfulness mixins #

Mixin Prop typeclasses for comparison lawfulness. Each framework picks which laws it satisfies:

The mixin pattern (class X [HasComparison α] : Prop) avoids diamond inheritance from extends HasComparison. Mathlib analogs: IsCommutative, IsAntisymm, CovariantClass — all detached laws-as-Props.

This file is part of the Phase A.7 atomic typeclass landing per master plan v4.

Reuses mathlib IsStrictOrder #

Rather than reinventing irrefl/trans/asymm fields, LawfulComparison extends mathlib's IsStrictOrder over HasComparison.comparativeGreater.

Comparison is a strict order. Mixin Prop class — laws ABOUT an existing HasComparison instance, not bundled WITH it.

Reuses mathlib's IsStrictOrder to avoid duplicating irreflexive/transitive/asymmetric fields.

Instances

    Comparison is total (every pair is comparable). For Kennedy-style linear measures. NOT satisfied by Klein nonlinear (clever) or by Lassiter smooth-threshold posteriors.

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