English
For any normal f, cof a ≤ cof (f a).
Русский
Для любой нормальной f Cof(a) ≤ Cof(f(a)).
LaTeX
$$$$\operatorname{cof}(a) \le \operatorname{cof}(f(a)).$$$$
Lean4
theorem cof_le {f} (hf : IsNormal f) (a) : cof a ≤ cof (f a) :=
by
rcases zero_or_succ_or_isSuccLimit a with (rfl | ⟨b, rfl⟩ | ha)
· rw [cof_zero]
exact zero_le _
· rw [cof_succ, Cardinal.one_le_iff_ne_zero, cof_ne_zero, ← Ordinal.pos_iff_ne_zero]
exact (Ordinal.zero_le (f b)).trans_lt (hf.strictMono (lt_succ b))
· rw [hf.cof_eq ha]