diff --git a/libs/contrib/Control/Algebra/Laws.idr b/libs/contrib/Control/Algebra/Laws.idr
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+module Control.Algebra.Laws
+
+import Prelude
+import Control.Algebra
+
+%default total
+
+-- Monoids
+
+||| Inverses are unique.
+public export
+uniqueInverse : VMonoid ty => (x, y, z : ty) ->
+  y <+> x = neutral {ty} -> x <+> z = neutral {ty} -> y = z
+uniqueInverse x y z p q =
+  rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralL y in
+    rewrite sym q in
+      rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative y x z in
+  rewrite p in
+    rewrite monoidNeutralIsNeutralR z in
+      Refl
+
+-- Groups
+
+||| Only identity is self-squaring.
+public export
+selfSquareId : VGroup ty => (x : ty) ->
+  x <+> x = x -> x = neutral {ty}
+-- selfSquareId x p =
+--   rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralR x in
+--     rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseR x in
+--   rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative (inverse x) x x in
+--     rewrite p in
+--       Refl
+
+||| Inverse elements commute.
+public export
+inverseCommute : VGroup ty => (x, y : ty) ->
+  y <+> x = neutral {ty} -> x <+> y = neutral {ty}
+-- inverseCommute x y p = selfSquareId (x <+> y) prop where
+--   prop : (x <+> y) <+> (x <+> y) = x <+> y
+--   prop =
+--     rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative x y (x <+> y) in
+--       rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative y x y in
+--     rewrite p in
+--       rewrite monoidNeutralIsNeutralR y in
+--         Refl
+
+||| Every element has a right inverse.
+public export
+groupInverseIsInverseL : VGroup ty => (x : ty) ->
+  x <+> inverse x = neutral {ty}
+-- groupInverseIsInverseL x =
+--   inverseCommute x (inverse x) (groupInverseIsInverseR x)
+
+||| -(-x) = x
+public export
+inverseSquaredIsIdentity : VGroup ty => (x : ty) ->
+  inverse (inverse x) = x
+-- inverseSquaredIsIdentity x =
+--   let x' = inverse x in
+--     uniqueInverse
+--       x'
+--       (inverse x')
+--       x
+--       (groupInverseIsInverseR x')
+--       (groupInverseIsInverseR x)
+
+||| If every square in a group is identity, the group is commutative.
+public export
+squareIdCommutative : VGroup ty => (x, y : ty) ->
+  ((a : ty) -> a <+> a = neutral {ty}) ->
+  x <+> y = y <+> x
+-- squareIdCommutative x y p =
+--   let
+--     xy = x <+> y
+--     yx = y <+> x
+--       in
+--   uniqueInverse xy xy yx (p xy) prop where
+--     prop : (x <+> y) <+> (y <+> x) = A.neutral
+--     prop =
+--       rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative x y (y <+> x) in
+--         rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative y y x in
+--       rewrite p y in
+--         rewrite monoidNeutralIsNeutralR x in
+--           p x
+
+||| -0 = 0
+public export
+inverseNeutralIsNeutral : VGroup ty =>
+  inverse (neutral {ty}) = neutral {ty}
+-- inverseNeutralIsNeutral {ty} =
+--   let e = neutral {ty} in
+--     rewrite sym $ cong {f = inverse} (groupInverseIsInverseL e) in
+--       rewrite monoidNeutralIsNeutralR $ inverse e in
+--         inverseSquaredIsIdentity e
+
+||| -(x + y) = -y + -x
+public export
+inverseOfSum : VGroup ty => (l, r : ty) ->
+  inverse (l <+> r) = inverse r <+> inverse l
+-- inverseOfSum {ty} l r =
+--   let
+--     e = neutral {ty}
+--     il = inverse l
+--     ir = inverse r
+--     lr = l <+> r
+--     ilr = inverse lr
+--     iril = ir <+> il
+--     ile = il <+> e
+--       in
+--   -- expand
+--   rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralR ilr in
+--     rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseR r in
+--       rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralL ir in
+--         rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseR l in
+--   -- shuffle
+--   rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative ir il l in
+--     rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative iril l r in
+--       rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative iril lr ilr in
+--   -- contract
+--   rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralL il in
+--     rewrite groupInverseIsInverseL lr in
+--       rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative (ir <+> ile) l ile in
+--         rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative l il e in
+--           rewrite groupInverseIsInverseL l in
+--             rewrite monoidNeutralIsNeutralL e in
+--               Refl
+
+||| y = z if x + y = x + z
+public export
+cancelLeft : VGroup ty => (x, y, z : ty) ->
+  x <+> y = x <+> z -> y = z
+cancelLeft x y z p =
+  rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralR y in
+    rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseR x in
+      rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative (inverse x) x y in
+        rewrite p in
+      rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative (inverse x) x z in
+    rewrite groupInverseIsInverseR x in
+  monoidNeutralIsNeutralR z
+
+||| y = z if y + x = z + x.
+public export
+cancelRight : VGroup ty => (x, y, z : ty) ->
+  y <+> x = z <+> x -> y = z
+-- cancelRight x y z p =
+--   rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralL y in
+--     rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseL x in
+--       rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative y x (inverse x) in
+--         rewrite p in
+--       rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative z x (inverse x) in
+--     rewrite groupInverseIsInverseL x in
+--   monoidNeutralIsNeutralL z
+
+||| ab = 0 -> a = b^-1
+public export
+neutralProductInverseR : VGroup ty => (a, b : ty) ->
+  a <+> b = neutral {ty} -> a = inverse b
+-- neutralProductInverseR a b prf =
+--   cancelRight  b a (inverse b) $
+--     trans prf $ sym $ groupInverseIsInverseR b
+
+||| ab = 0 -> a^-1 = b
+public export
+neutralProductInverseL : VGroup ty => (a, b : ty) ->
+  a <+> b = neutral {ty} -> inverse a = b
+neutralProductInverseL a b prf =
+  cancelLeft a (inverse a) b $
+    trans (groupInverseIsInverseL a) $ sym prf
+
+||| For any a and b, ax = b and ya = b have solutions.
+public export
+latinSquareProperty : VGroup ty => (a, b : ty) ->
+  ((x : ty ** a <+> x = b),
+    (y : ty ** y <+> a = b))
+-- latinSquareProperty a b =
+--   let a' = inverse a in
+--     (((a' <+> b) **
+--       rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative a a' b in
+--         rewrite groupInverseIsInverseL a in
+--           monoidNeutralIsNeutralR b),
+--     (b <+> a' **
+--       rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative b a' a in
+--         rewrite groupInverseIsInverseR a in
+--           monoidNeutralIsNeutralL b))
+
+||| For any a, b, x, the solution to ax = b is unique.
+public export
+uniqueSolutionR : VGroup ty => (a, b, x, y : ty) ->
+  a <+> x = b -> a <+> y = b -> x = y
+uniqueSolutionR a b x y p q = cancelLeft a x y $ trans p (sym q)
+
+||| For any a, b, y, the solution to ya = b is unique.
+public export
+uniqueSolutionL : VGroup t => (a, b, x, y : t) ->
+  x <+> a = b -> y <+> a = b -> x = y
+uniqueSolutionL a b x y p q = cancelRight a x y $ trans p (sym q)
+
+||| -(x + y) = -x + -y
+public export
+inverseDistributesOverGroupOp : AbelianGroup ty => (l, r : ty) ->
+  inverse (l <+> r) = inverse l <+> inverse r
+inverseDistributesOverGroupOp l r =
+  rewrite groupOpIsCommutative (inverse l) (inverse r) in
+    inverseOfSum l r
+
+||| Homomorphism preserves neutral.
+public export
+homoNeutral : GroupHomomorphism a b =>
+  to (neutral {ty=a}) = neutral {ty=b}
+-- homoNeutral {a} =
+--   let ae = neutral {ty=a} in
+--     selfSquareId (to ae) $
+--       trans (sym $ toGroup ae ae) $
+--         cong {f = to} $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralL ae
+
+||| Homomorphism preserves inverses.
+public export
+homoInverse : GroupHomomorphism a b => (x : a) ->
+  the b (to $ inverse x) = the b (inverse $ to x)
+-- homoInverse {a} {b} x =
+--   cancelRight (to x) (to $ inverse x) (inverse $ to x) $
+--     trans (sym $ toGroup (inverse x) x) $
+--       trans (cong {f = to} $ groupInverseIsInverseR x) $
+--         trans (homoNeutral {a=a} {b=b}) $
+--           sym $ groupInverseIsInverseR (to x)
+
+-- Rings
+
+||| 0x = x
+public export
+multNeutralAbsorbingL : VRing ty => (r : ty) ->
+  neutral {ty} <.> r = neutral {ty}
+-- multNeutralAbsorbingL {ty} r =
+--   let
+--     e = neutral {ty}
+--     ir = inverse r
+--     exr = e <.> r
+--     iexr = inverse exr
+--       in
+--   rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralR exr in
+--     rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseR exr in
+--   rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative iexr exr ((iexr <+> exr) <.> r) in
+--     rewrite groupInverseIsInverseR exr in
+--   rewrite sym $ ringOpIsDistributiveR e e r in
+--     rewrite monoidNeutralIsNeutralR e in
+--   groupInverseIsInverseR exr
+
+||| x0 = 0
+public export
+multNeutralAbsorbingR : VRing ty => (l : ty) ->
+  l <.> neutral {ty} = neutral {ty}
+-- multNeutralAbsorbingR {ty} l =
+--   let
+--     e = neutral {ty}
+--     il = inverse l
+--     lxe = l <.> e
+--     ilxe = inverse lxe
+--       in
+--   rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralL lxe in
+--     rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseL lxe in
+--   rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative (l <.> (lxe <+> ilxe)) lxe ilxe in
+--     rewrite groupInverseIsInverseL lxe in
+--   rewrite sym $ ringOpIsDistributiveL l e e in
+--     rewrite monoidNeutralIsNeutralL e in
+--   groupInverseIsInverseL lxe
+
+||| (-x)y = -(xy)
+public export
+multInverseInversesL : VRing ty => (l, r : ty) ->
+  inverse l <.> r = inverse (l <.> r)
+-- multInverseInversesL l r =
+--   let
+--     il = inverse l
+--     lxr = l <.> r
+--     ilxr = il <.> r
+--     i_lxr = inverse lxr
+--       in
+--   rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralR ilxr in
+--     rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseR lxr in
+--       rewrite sym $ semigroupOpIsAssociative i_lxr lxr ilxr in
+--   rewrite sym $ ringOpIsDistributiveR l il r in
+--     rewrite groupInverseIsInverseL l in
+--   rewrite multNeutralAbsorbingL r in
+--     monoidNeutralIsNeutralL i_lxr
+
+||| x(-y) = -(xy)
+public export
+multInverseInversesR : VRing ty => (l, r : ty) ->
+  l <.> inverse r = inverse (l <.> r)
+-- multInverseInversesR l r =
+--   let
+--     ir = inverse r
+--     lxr = l <.> r
+--     lxir = l <.> ir
+--     ilxr = inverse lxr
+--       in
+--   rewrite sym $ monoidNeutralIsNeutralL lxir in
+--     rewrite sym $ groupInverseIsInverseL lxr in
+--       rewrite semigroupOpIsAssociative lxir lxr ilxr in
+--   rewrite sym $ ringOpIsDistributiveL l ir r in
+--     rewrite groupInverseIsInverseR r in
+--   rewrite multNeutralAbsorbingR l in
+--     monoidNeutralIsNeutralR ilxr
+
+||| (-x)(-y) = xy
+public export
+multNegativeByNegativeIsPositive : VRing ty => (l, r : ty) ->
+  inverse l <.> inverse r = l <.> r
+-- multNegativeByNegativeIsPositive l r =
+--     rewrite multInverseInversesR (inverse l) r in
+--     rewrite sym $ multInverseInversesL (inverse l) r in
+--     rewrite inverseSquaredIsIdentity l in
+--     Refl
+
+||| (-1)x = -x
+public export
+inverseOfUnityR : VRingWithUnity ty => (x : ty) ->
+  inverse (unity {ty}) <.> x = inverse x
+-- inverseOfUnityR {ty} x =
+--   rewrite multInverseInversesL (unity {ty}) x in
+--     rewrite ringWithUnityIsUnityR x in
+--       Refl
+
+||| x(-1) = -x
+public export
+inverseOfUnityL : VRingWithUnity ty => (x : ty) ->
+  x <.> inverse (unity {ty}) = inverse x
+-- inverseOfUnityL {ty} x =
+--   rewrite multInverseInversesR x (unity {ty}) in
+--     rewrite ringWithUnityIsUnityL x in
+--       Refl
diff --git a/libs/contrib/contrib.ipkg b/libs/contrib/contrib.ipkg
index 6f97e5528f..57007a820e 100644
--- a/libs/contrib/contrib.ipkg
+++ b/libs/contrib/contrib.ipkg
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package contrib
 
 modules = Control.Delayed,
+
           Control.Algebra,
+          Control.Algebra.Laws,
 
           Data.List.TailRec,
           Data.List.Equalities,