+(* Advanced inversion lemmas ************************************************)
+
+lemma lpx_inv_append1: ∀R,L1,K1,L. lpx R (K1 @@ L1) L →
+ ∃∃K2,L2. lpx R K1 K2 & lpx R L1 L2 & L = K2 @@ L2.
+#R #L1 elim L1 -L1 normalize
+[ #K1 #K2 #HK12
+ @(ex3_2_intro … K2 (⋆)) // (**) (* explicit constructor, /2 width=5/ does not work *)
+| #L1 #I #V1 #IH #K1 #X #H
+ elim (lpx_inv_pair1 … H) -H #L #V2 #H1 #HV12 #H destruct
+ elim (IH … H1) -IH -H1 #K2 #L2 #HK12 #HL12 #H destruct
+ @(ex3_2_intro … HK12) [2: /2 width=2/ | skip | // ] (* explicit constructor, /3 width=5/ does not work *)
+]
+qed-.
+
+lemma lpx_inv_append2: ∀R,L2,K2,L. lpx R L (K2 @@ L2) →
+ ∃∃K1,L1. lpx R K1 K2 & lpx R L1 L2 & L = K1 @@ L1.
+#R #L2 elim L2 -L2 normalize
+[ #K2 #K1 #HK12
+ @(ex3_2_intro … K1 (⋆)) // (**) (* explicit constructor, /2 width=5/ does not work *)
+| #L2 #I #V2 #IH #K2 #X #H
+ elim (lpx_inv_pair2 … H) -H #L #V1 #H1 #HV12 #H destruct
+ elim (IH … H1) -IH -H1 #K1 #L1 #HK12 #HL12 #H destruct
+ @(ex3_2_intro … HK12) [2: /2 width=2/ | skip | // ] (* explicit constructor, /3 width=5/ does not work *)
+]
+qed-.
+