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+Copyright (c) 2021 Yaël Dillies. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Yaël Dillies
+-/
+import data.nat.interval
+
+/-!
+# Finite intervals in `fin n`
+
+This file proves that `fin n` is a `locally_finite_order` and calculates the cardinality of its
+intervals as finsets and fintypes.
+
+## TODO
+
+@Yaël: Add `finset.Ico`. Coming very soon.
+-/
+
+open finset fin
+
+variables (n : ℕ)
+
+instance : locally_finite_order (fin n) := subtype.locally_finite_order _
+
+namespace fin
+variables {n} (a b : fin n)
+
+lemma Icc_eq_finset_subtype : Icc a b = (Icc (a : ℕ) b).subtype (λ x, x < n) := rfl
+lemma Ioc_eq_finset_subtype : Ioc a b = (Ioc (a : ℕ) b).subtype (λ x, x < n) := rfl
+lemma Ioo_eq_finset_subtype : Ioo a b = (Ioo (a : ℕ) b).subtype (λ x, x < n) := rfl
+
+@[simp] lemma map_subtype_embedding_Icc :
+  (Icc a b).map (function.embedding.subtype _) = Icc (a : ℕ) b :=
+map_subtype_embedding_Icc _ _ _ (λ _ c x _ hx _, hx.trans_lt)
+
+@[simp] lemma map_subtype_embedding_Ioc :
+  (Ioc a b).map (function.embedding.subtype _) = Ioc (a : ℕ) b :=
+map_subtype_embedding_Ioc _ _ _ (λ _ c x _ hx _, hx.trans_lt)
+
+@[simp] lemma map_subtype_embedding_Ioo :
+  (Ioo a b).map (function.embedding.subtype _) = Ioo (a : ℕ) b :=
+map_subtype_embedding_Ioo _ _ _ (λ _ c x _ hx _, hx.trans_lt)
+
+@[simp] lemma card_Icc : (Icc a b).card = b + 1 - a :=
+by rw [←nat.card_Icc, ←map_subtype_embedding_Icc, card_map]
+
+@[simp] lemma card_Ioc : (Ioc a b).card = b - a :=
+by rw [←nat.card_Ioc, ←map_subtype_embedding_Ioc, card_map]
+
+@[simp] lemma card_Ioo : (Ioo a b).card = b - a - 1 :=
+by rw [←nat.card_Ioo, ←map_subtype_embedding_Ioo, card_map]
+
+@[simp] lemma card_fintype_Icc : fintype.card (set.Icc a b) = b + 1 - a :=
+by rw [←card_Icc, fintype.card_of_finset]
+
+@[simp] lemma card_fintype_Ioc : fintype.card (set.Ioc a b) = b - a :=
+by rw [←card_Ioc, fintype.card_of_finset]
+
+@[simp] lemma card_fintype_Ioo : fintype.card (set.Ioo a b) = b - a - 1 :=
+by rw [←card_Ioo, fintype.card_of_finset]
+
+end fin