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+
+include "ground/notation/relations/doteq_4.ma".
+include "ground/lib/relations.ma".
+
+(* EXTENSIONAL EQUIVALENCE **************************************************)
+
+definition exteq (A,B:Type[0]): relation (A → B) ≝
+ λf1,f2. ∀a. f1 a = f2 a.
+
+interpretation "extensional equivalence"
+ 'DotEq A B f1 f2 = (exteq A B f1 f2).
+
+(* Basic_properties *********************************************************)
+
+lemma exteq_refl (A) (B): reflexive … (exteq A B).
+// qed.
+
+lemma exteq_repl (A) (B): replace_2 … (exteq A B) (exteq A B) (exteq A B).
+// qed-.
+
+lemma exteq_sym (A) (B): symmetric … (exteq A B).
+/2 width=1 by exteq_repl/ qed-.
+
+lemma exteq_trans (A) (B): Transitive … (exteq A B).
+/2 width=1 by exteq_repl/ qed-.
+