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Proof of `Combining recursive answers in round-or-cut` (1st statement)

groundedproofs/Lax263307Proofs/RecursiveRounding.lean · lax-263307

What this proof establishes

Assuming the claims on the left, the claim on the right holds — checked by the archive's pipeline. Proof code is not displayed here.

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Description

An edge cannot connect different parts of the partition. The selected sets inherit the disjointness of those parts, so their union's cardinality is the sum of their cardinalities.