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+
+set "baseuri" "cic:/matita/constructive_higher_order_relations".
+
+include "constructive_connectives.ma".
+
+definition cotransitive ≝
+ λC:Type.λlt:C→C→Type.∀x,y,z:C. lt x y → lt x z ∨ lt z y. 
+
+definition coreflexive ≝ λC:Type.λlt:C→C→Type. ∀x:C. ¬ (lt x x).
+
+definition antisymmetric ≝
+ λC:Type.λle:C→C→Type.λeq:C→C→Type.∀x,y:C.le x y → le y x → eq x y.
+
+definition symmetric ≝
+ λC:Type.λle:C→C→Type.∀x,y:C.le x y → le y x.
+
+definition transitive ≝
+ λC:Type.λle:C→C→Type.∀x,y,z:C.le x y → le y z → le x z.