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+(**************************************************************************)
+(* ___ *)
+(* ||M|| *)
+(* ||A|| A project by Andrea Asperti *)
+(* ||T|| *)
+(* ||I|| Developers: *)
+(* ||T|| The HELM team. *)
+(* ||A|| http://helm.cs.unibo.it *)
+(* \ / *)
+(* \ / This file is distributed under the terms of the *)
+(* v GNU General Public License Version 2 *)
+(* *)
+(**************************************************************************)
+
+include "alpha_1/syntax/term.ma".
+
+(* TERMS ********************************************************************)
+
+let rec tappend T U on T ≝ match T with
+[ TAtom ⇒ U
+| TUnit I T ⇒ ①{I}.(tappend T U)
+| TPair I V T ⇒ ②{I}V.(tappend T U)
+].
+
+interpretation "append (term)" 'Append T U = (tappend T U).