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+
+include "basic_2/grammar/lreq_lreq.ma".
+include "basic_2/substitution/drop.ma".
+
+(* BASIC SLICING FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS *************************************)
+
+definition dedropable_sn: predicate (relation lenv) ≝
+ λR. ∀L1,K1,s,l,m. ⬇[s, l, m] L1 ≡ K1 → ∀K2. R K1 K2 →
+ ∃∃L2. R L1 L2 & ⬇[s, l, m] L2 ≡ K2 & L1 ⩬[l, m] L2.
+
+(* Properties on equivalence ************************************************)
+
+lemma lreq_drop_trans_be: ∀L1,L2,l,m. L1 ⩬[l, m] L2 →
+ ∀I,K2,W,s,i. ⬇[s, 0, i] L2 ≡ K2.ⓑ{I}W →
+ l ≤ i → i < l + m →
+ ∃∃K1. K1 ⩬[0, ⫰(l+m-i)] K2 & ⬇[s, 0, i] L1 ≡ K1.ⓑ{I}W.
+#L1 #L2 #l #m #H elim H -L1 -L2 -l -m
+[ #l #m #J #K2 #W #s #i #H
+ elim (drop_inv_atom1 … H) -H #H destruct
+| #I1 #I2 #L1 #L2 #V1 #V2 #_ #_ #J #K2 #W #s #i #_ #_ #H
+ elim (ylt_yle_false … H) //
+| #I #L1 #L2 #V #m #HL12 #IHL12 #J #K2 #W #s #i #H #_ >yplus_O1
+ elim (drop_inv_O1_pair1 … H) -H * #Hi #HLK1 [ -IHL12 | -HL12 ]
+ [ #_ destruct >ypred_succ
+ /2 width=3 by drop_pair, ex2_intro/
+ | lapply (ylt_inv_O1 i ?) /2 width=1 by ylt_inj/
+ #H <H -H #H lapply (ylt_inv_succ … H) -H
+ #Him elim (IHL12 … HLK1) -IHL12 -HLK1 // -Him
+ >yminus_succ <yminus_inj /3 width=3 by drop_drop_lt, ex2_intro/
+ ]
+| #I1 #I2 #L1 #L2 #V1 #V2 #l #m #_ #IHL12 #J #K2 #W #s #i #HLK2 #Hli
+ elim (yle_inv_succ1 … Hli) -Hli
+ #Hli #Hi <Hi >yplus_succ1 #H lapply (ylt_inv_succ … H) -H
+ #Hilm lapply (drop_inv_drop1_lt … HLK2 ?) -HLK2 /2 width=1 by ylt_O/
+ #HLK1 elim (IHL12 … HLK1) -IHL12 -HLK1 <yminus_inj >yminus_SO2
+ /4 width=3 by ylt_O, drop_drop_lt, ex2_intro/
+]
+qed-.
+
+lemma lreq_drop_conf_be: ∀L1,L2,l,m. L1 ⩬[l, m] L2 →
+ ∀I,K1,W,s,i. ⬇[s, 0, i] L1 ≡ K1.ⓑ{I}W →
+ l ≤ i → i < l + m →
+ ∃∃K2. K1 ⩬[0, ⫰(l+m-i)] K2 & ⬇[s, 0, i] L2 ≡ K2.ⓑ{I}W.
+#L1 #L2 #l #m #HL12 #I #K1 #W #s #i #HLK1 #Hli #Hilm
+elim (lreq_drop_trans_be … (lreq_sym … HL12) … HLK1) // -L1 -Hli -Hilm
+/3 width=3 by lreq_sym, ex2_intro/
+qed-.
+
+lemma drop_O1_ex: ∀K2,i,L1. |L1| = |K2| + i →
+ ∃∃L2. L1 ⩬[0, i] L2 & ⬇[i] L2 ≡ K2.
+#K2 #i @(nat_ind_plus … i) -i
+[ /3 width=3 by lreq_O2, ex2_intro/
+| #i #IHi #Y #Hi elim (drop_O1_lt (Ⓕ) Y 0) //
+ #I #L1 #V #H lapply (drop_inv_O2 … H) -H #H destruct
+ normalize in Hi; elim (IHi L1) -IHi
+ /3 width=5 by drop_drop, lreq_pair, injective_plus_l, ex2_intro/
+]
+qed-.
+
+lemma dedropable_sn_TC: ∀R. dedropable_sn R → dedropable_sn (TC … R).
+#R #HR #L1 #K1 #s #l #m #HLK1 #K2 #H elim H -K2
+[ #K2 #HK12 elim (HR … HLK1 … HK12) -HR -K1
+ /3 width=4 by inj, ex3_intro/
+| #K #K2 #_ #HK2 * #L #H1L1 #HLK #H2L1 elim (HR … HLK … HK2) -HR -K
+ /3 width=6 by lreq_trans, step, ex3_intro/
+]
+qed-.
+
+(* Inversion lemmas on equivalence ******************************************)
+
+lemma drop_O1_inj: ∀i,L1,L2,K. ⬇[i] L1 ≡ K → ⬇[i] L2 ≡ K → L1 ⩬[i, ∞] L2.
+#i @(nat_ind_plus … i) -i
+[ #L1 #L2 #K #H <(drop_inv_O2 … H) -K #H <(drop_inv_O2 … H) -L1 //
+| #i #IHi * [2: #L1 #I1 #V1 ] * [2,4: #L2 #I2 #V2 ] #K #HLK1 #HLK2 //
+ lapply (drop_fwd_length … HLK1)
+ <(drop_fwd_length … HLK2) [ /4 width=5 by drop_inv_drop1, lreq_succ/ ]
+ normalize <plus_n_Sm #H destruct
+]
+qed-.