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Mathlib's Rolle theorems all assume finite endpoints, in both the Icc form (exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero) and the Ioo-with-equal-one-sided-limits form (exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero'). This adds the unbounded analogues: if a function tends to the same limit at the two ends of Ioi a, of Iio b, or of the whole line, then it has a local extremum there, and hence a vanishing derivative.

Added to Mathlib/Topology/Order/Rolle.lean:

  • exists_isExtrOn_Ioi_of_tendsto, exists_isLocalExtr_Ioi_of_tendsto
  • exists_isExtrOn_Iio_of_tendsto, exists_isLocalExtr_Iio_of_tendsto
  • exists_isExtrOn_univ_of_tendsto, exists_isLocalExtr_of_tendsto

and to Mathlib/Analysis/Calculus/LocalExtr/Rolle.lean:

  • exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_Ioi, exists_deriv_eq_zero_Ioi
  • exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_Iio, exists_deriv_eq_zero_Iio
  • exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_of_tendsto, exists_deriv_eq_zero_of_tendsto

Design notes

The topological lemmas are stated at the existing generality of Topology/Order/Rolle.lean rather than only for , which turned out to cost nothing: compactness of Icc is available from ConditionallyCompleteLinearOrder.toCompactIccSpace, the max/min case split is handled by instantiating a max-only private helper at (Y := Yᵒᵈ) — the idiom Topology/Order/Compact.lean already uses for Continuous.exists_forall_ge' — and the endpoint cutoffs come from mem_nhdsGT_iff_exists_mem_Ioc_Ioo_subset and eventually_atTop.

The price is three extra typeclass assumptions, needed only so that the intervals and atTop/atBot are non-degenerate and for the branch where f is identically l: [NoMaxOrder X] for Ioi, [NoMinOrder X] for Iio, [Nonempty X] for the whole space. satisfies all three by instance, so the six calculus corollaries are one-liners in the style of the existing exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero'.

Three helpers are private; a reviewer may prefer the IsMaxOn/IsMinOn forms exposed, which is a mechanical change.

This is a prerequisite for a follow-up PR proving that the Hermite polynomials have n simple real roots, where the two outermost roots at each induction step are exactly the ones ordinary Rolle cannot produce.

Mathlib's Rolle theorems all assume finite endpoints, in both the `Icc` form and the
`Ioo`-with-equal-one-sided-limits form. This adds the unbounded analogues: if a function tends to
the same limit at the two ends of `Ioi a`, `Iio b`, or the whole line, it has a local extremum
there, and hence a vanishing derivative.

The topological lemmas are proved at the existing generality of `Mathlib/Topology/Order/Rolle.lean`.
Compactness of `Icc` comes from `ConditionallyCompleteLinearOrder.toCompactIccSpace`, and the
max/min case split is handled by instantiating the max-only helper at `Yᵒᵈ`, the idiom already used
in `Topology/Order/Compact.lean`. The extra `[NoMaxOrder X]`, `[NoMinOrder X]` and `[Nonempty X]`
assumptions are needed only so that the intervals and `atTop`/`atBot` are non-degenerate; `ℝ`
satisfies all three by instance, so the six calculus corollaries in
`Mathlib/Analysis/Calculus/LocalExtr/Rolle.lean` are one-liners, exactly like the existing
`exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero'`.
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PR summary 96d42c99ee

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+ exists_deriv_eq_zero_Iio
+ exists_deriv_eq_zero_Ioi
+ exists_deriv_eq_zero_of_tendsto
+ exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_Iio
+ exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_Ioi
+ exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_of_tendsto
+ exists_isExtrOn_Iio_of_tendsto
+ exists_isExtrOn_Ioi_of_tendsto
+ exists_isExtrOn_univ_of_tendsto
+ exists_isLocalExtr_Iio_of_tendsto
+ exists_isLocalExtr_Ioi_of_tendsto
+ exists_isLocalExtr_of_tendsto
+ exists_isMaxOn_Iio_of_tendsto
+ exists_isMaxOn_Ioi_of_tendsto
+ exists_isMaxOn_of_forall_lt
+ exists_isMaxOn_univ_of_tendsto

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  • +12 new declarations
  • −0 removed declarations
+exists_deriv_eq_zero_Iio
+exists_deriv_eq_zero_Ioi
+exists_deriv_eq_zero_of_tendsto
+exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_Iio
+exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_Ioi
+exists_hasDerivAt_eq_zero_of_tendsto
+exists_isExtrOn_Iio_of_tendsto
+exists_isExtrOn_Ioi_of_tendsto
+exists_isExtrOn_univ_of_tendsto
+exists_isLocalExtr_Iio_of_tendsto
+exists_isLocalExtr_Ioi_of_tendsto
+exists_isLocalExtr_of_tendsto

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No changes to weak technical debt.

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✅ PR Title Formatted Correctly

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@ghost ghost changed the title feat(Topology/Order/Rolle): Rolle's theorem on unbounded intervals feat(Topology/Order/Rolle): versions of Rolle's theorem for unbounded intervals Sep 7, 2026
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Withdrawing this PR at the request of the code owner; it was submitted without their authorization. Apologies for the noise.

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