diff --git a/src/Init/Data/List/Nat.lean b/src/Init/Data/List/Nat.lean
index 4699888f8d29..55c81b0bf0f8 100644
--- a/src/Init/Data/List/Nat.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Data/List/Nat.lean
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ Authors: Kim Morrison
 -/
 prelude
 import Init.Data.List.Nat.Basic
+import Init.Data.List.Nat.Pairwise
 import Init.Data.List.Nat.Range
 import Init.Data.List.Nat.TakeDrop
diff --git a/src/Init/Data/List/Nat/Pairwise.lean b/src/Init/Data/List/Nat/Pairwise.lean
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8db88b78470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Init/Data/List/Nat/Pairwise.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2018 Mario Carneiro. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Mario Carneiro, James Gallicchio
+-/
+prelude
+import Init.Data.Fin.Lemmas
+import Init.Data.List.Nat.TakeDrop
+import Init.Data.List.Pairwise
+
+/-!
+# Lemmas about `List.Pairwise`
+-/
+
+namespace List
+
+/-- Given a list `is` of monotonically increasing indices into `l`, getting each index
+  produces a sublist of `l`.  -/
+theorem map_getElem_sublist {l : List α} {is : List (Fin l.length)} (h : is.Pairwise (· < ·)) :
+    is.map (l[·]) <+ l := by
+  suffices ∀ n l', l' = l.drop n → (∀ i ∈ is, n ≤ i) → map (l[·]) is <+ l'
+    from this 0 l (by simp) (by simp)
+  rintro n l' rfl his
+  induction is generalizing n with
+  | nil => simp
+  | cons hd tl IH =>
+    simp only [Fin.getElem_fin, map_cons]
+    have := IH h.of_cons (hd+1) (pairwise_cons.mp h).1
+    specialize his hd (.head _)
+    have := (drop_eq_getElem_cons ..).symm ▸ this.cons₂ (get l hd)
+    have := Sublist.append (nil_sublist (take hd l |>.drop n)) this
+    rwa [nil_append, ← (drop_append_of_le_length ?_), take_append_drop] at this
+    simp [Nat.min_eq_left (Nat.le_of_lt hd.isLt), his]
+
+@[deprecated map_getElem_sublist (since := "2024-07-30")]
+theorem map_get_sublist {l : List α} {is : List (Fin l.length)} (h : is.Pairwise (·.val < ·.val)) :
+    is.map (get l) <+ l := by
+  simpa using map_getElem_sublist h
+
+/-- Given a sublist `l' <+ l`, there exists an increasing list of indices `is` such that
+  `l' = is.map fun i => l[i]`. -/
+theorem sublist_eq_map_getElem {l l' : List α} (h : l' <+ l) : ∃ is : List (Fin l.length),
+    l' = is.map (l[·]) ∧ is.Pairwise (· < ·) := by
+  induction h with
+  | slnil => exact ⟨[], by simp⟩
+  | cons _ _ IH =>
+    let ⟨is, IH⟩ := IH
+    refine ⟨is.map (·.succ), ?_⟩
+    simpa [Function.comp_def, pairwise_map]
+  | cons₂ _ _ IH =>
+    rcases IH with ⟨is,IH⟩
+    refine ⟨⟨0, by simp [Nat.zero_lt_succ]⟩ :: is.map (·.succ), ?_⟩
+    simp [Function.comp_def, pairwise_map, IH, ← get_eq_getElem]
+
+@[deprecated sublist_eq_map_getElem (since := "2024-07-30")]
+theorem sublist_eq_map_get (h : l' <+ l) : ∃ is : List (Fin l.length),
+    l' = map (get l) is ∧ is.Pairwise (· < ·) := by
+  simpa using sublist_eq_map_getElem h
+
+theorem pairwise_iff_getElem : Pairwise R l ↔
+    ∀ (i j : Nat) (_hi : i < l.length) (_hj : j < l.length) (_hij : i < j), R l[i] l[j] := by
+  rw [pairwise_iff_forall_sublist]
+  constructor <;> intro h
+  · intros i j hi hj h'
+    apply h
+    simpa [h'] using map_getElem_sublist (is := [⟨i, hi⟩, ⟨j, hj⟩])
+  · intros a b h'
+    have ⟨is, h', hij⟩ := sublist_eq_map_getElem h'
+    rcases is with ⟨⟩ | ⟨a', ⟨⟩ | ⟨b', ⟨⟩⟩⟩ <;> simp at h'
+    rcases h' with ⟨rfl, rfl⟩
+    apply h; simpa using hij
+
+end List