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+
+include "delayed_updating/substitution/lift_prototerm_eq.ma".
+include "delayed_updating/substitution/lift_path_uni.ma".
+include "delayed_updating/syntax/prototerm_constructors.ma".
+
+(* LIFT FOR PROTOTERM *******************************************************)
+
+lemma lift_iref_bi (t1) (t2) (n):
+ t1 ⇔ t2 → 𝛗n.t1 ⇔ 𝛗n.t2.
+/2 width=1 by subset_equivalence_ext_f1_bi/
+qed.
+
+lemma lift_iref_sn (f) (t:prototerm) (n:pnat):
+ (𝛗f@⧣❨n❩.t) ⊆ ↑[f](𝛗n.t).
+#f #t #n #p * #q #Hq #H0 destruct
+@(ex2_intro … (𝗱n◗𝗺◗q))
+/2 width=1 by in_comp_iref/
+qed-.
+
+lemma lift_iref_dx (f) (t) (n:pnat):
+ ↑[f](𝛗n.t) ⊆ 𝛗f@⧣❨n❩.t.
+#f #t #n #p * #q #Hq #H0 destruct
+elim (in_comp_inv_iref … Hq) -Hq #p #H0 #Hp destruct
+/2 width=1 by in_comp_iref/
+qed-.
+
+lemma lift_iref (f) (t) (n:pnat):
+ (𝛗f@⧣❨n❩.t) ⇔ ↑[f](𝛗n.t).
+/3 width=1 by conj, lift_iref_sn, lift_iref_dx/
+qed.
+
+lemma lift_iref_uni (t) (m) (n):
+ (𝛗(n+m).t) ⇔ ↑[𝐮❨m❩](𝛗n.t).
+// qed.