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+(* \ / *)
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+(* v GNU General Public License Version 2 *)
+(* *)
+(**************************************************************************)
+
+include "ground_2/notation/functions/complement_1.ma".
+include "ground_2/relocation/trace.ma".
+
+(* RELOCATION TRACE *********************************************************)
+
+let rec snot (t:trace) on t ≝ match t with
+[ nil ⇒ ◊
+| cons b t ⇒ (¬ b) @ snot t
+].
+
+interpretation
+ "complement (trace)"
+ 'Complement t = (snot t).
+
+(* Basic properties *********************************************************)
+
+lemma snot_empty: ∁ (◊) = ◊.
+// qed.
+
+lemma snot_inh: ∀t,b. ∁ (b@t) = (¬ b) @ ∁ t.
+// qed.
+
+lemma snot_true: ∀t. ∁ (Ⓣ @ t) = Ⓕ @ ∁ t.
+// qed.
+
+lemma snot_false: ∀t. ∁ (Ⓕ @ t) = Ⓣ @ ∁ t.
+// qed.
+
+lemma snot_length: ∀t. |∁ t| = |t|.
+#t elim t -t normalize //
+qed.
+
+lemma snot_colength: ∀t. ∥∁ t∥ = |t| - ∥t∥.
+#t elim t -t //
+* /2 width=1 by minus_Sn_m/
+qed.