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+
+include "basic_2/notation/relations/lrsubeq_2.ma".
+include "basic_2/relocation/ldrop.ma".
+
+(* RESTRICTED LOCAL ENVIRONMENT REFINEMENT **********************************)
+
+inductive lsubr: relation lenv ≝
+| lsubr_sort: ∀L. lsubr L (⋆)
+| lsubr_bind: ∀I,L1,L2,V. lsubr L1 L2 → lsubr (L1.ⓑ{I}V) (L2.ⓑ{I}V)
+| lsubr_abst: ∀L1,L2,V,W. lsubr L1 L2 → lsubr (L1.ⓓⓝW.V) (L2.ⓛW)
+.
+
+interpretation
+ "local environment refinement (restricted)"
+ 'LRSubEq L1 L2 = (lsubr L1 L2).
+
+(* Basic properties *********************************************************)
+
+lemma lsubr_refl: ∀L. L ⊑ L.
+#L elim L -L /2 width=1 by lsubr_sort, lsubr_bind/
+qed.
+
+(* Basic inversion lemmas ***************************************************)
+
+fact lsubr_inv_atom1_aux: ∀L1,L2. L1 ⊑ L2 → L1 = ⋆ → L2 = ⋆.
+#L1 #L2 * -L1 -L2 //
+[ #I #L1 #L2 #V #_ #H destruct
+| #L1 #L2 #V #W #_ #H destruct
+]
+qed-.
+
+lemma lsubr_inv_atom1: ∀L2. ⋆ ⊑ L2 → L2 = ⋆.
+/2 width=3 by lsubr_inv_atom1_aux/ qed-.
+
+fact lsubr_inv_abst1_aux: ∀L1,L2. L1 ⊑ L2 → ∀K1,W. L1 = K1.ⓛW →
+ L2 = ⋆ ∨ ∃∃K2. K1 ⊑ K2 & L2 = K2.ⓛW.
+#L1 #L2 * -L1 -L2
+[ #L #K1 #W #H destruct /2 width=1 by or_introl/
+| #I #L1 #L2 #V #HL12 #K1 #W #H destruct /3 width=3 by ex2_intro, or_intror/
+| #L1 #L2 #V1 #V2 #_ #K1 #W #H destruct
+]
+qed-.
+
+lemma lsubr_inv_abst1: ∀K1,L2,W. K1.ⓛW ⊑ L2 →
+ L2 = ⋆ ∨ ∃∃K2. K1 ⊑ K2 & L2 = K2.ⓛW.
+/2 width=3 by lsubr_inv_abst1_aux/ qed-.
+
+fact lsubr_inv_abbr2_aux: ∀L1,L2. L1 ⊑ L2 → ∀K2,W. L2 = K2.ⓓW →
+ ∃∃K1. K1 ⊑ K2 & L1 = K1.ⓓW.
+#L1 #L2 * -L1 -L2
+[ #L #K2 #W #H destruct
+| #I #L1 #L2 #V #HL12 #K2 #W #H destruct /2 width=3 by ex2_intro/
+| #L1 #L2 #V1 #V2 #_ #K2 #W #H destruct
+]
+qed-.
+
+lemma lsubr_inv_abbr2: ∀L1,K2,W. L1 ⊑ K2.ⓓW →
+ ∃∃K1. K1 ⊑ K2 & L1 = K1.ⓓW.
+/2 width=3 by lsubr_inv_abbr2_aux/ qed-.
+
+(* Basic forward lemmas *****************************************************)
+
+lemma lsubr_fwd_length: ∀L1,L2. L1 ⊑ L2 → |L2| ≤ |L1|.
+#L1 #L2 #H elim H -L1 -L2 /2 width=1 by monotonic_le_plus_l/
+qed-.
+
+lemma lsubr_fwd_ldrop2_bind: ∀L1,L2. L1 ⊑ L2 →
+ ∀I,K2,W,s,i. ⇩[s, 0, i] L2 ≡ K2.ⓑ{I}W →
+ (∃∃K1. K1 ⊑ K2 & ⇩[s, 0, i] L1 ≡ K1.ⓑ{I}W) ∨
+ ∃∃K1,V. K1 ⊑ K2 & ⇩[s, 0, i] L1 ≡ K1.ⓓⓝW.V & I = Abst.
+#L1 #L2 #H elim H -L1 -L2
+[ #L #I #K2 #W #s #i #H
+ elim (ldrop_inv_atom1 … H) -H #H destruct
+| #J #L1 #L2 #V #HL12 #IHL12 #I #K2 #W #s #i #H
+ elim (ldrop_inv_O1_pair1 … H) -H * #Hi #HLK2 destruct [ -IHL12 | -HL12 ]
+ [ /3 width=3 by ldrop_pair, ex2_intro, or_introl/
+ | elim (IHL12 … HLK2) -IHL12 -HLK2 *
+ /4 width=4 by ldrop_drop_lt, ex3_2_intro, ex2_intro, or_introl, or_intror/
+ ]
+| #L1 #L2 #V1 #V2 #HL12 #IHL12 #I #K2 #W #s #i #H
+ elim (ldrop_inv_O1_pair1 … H) -H * #Hi #HLK2 destruct [ -IHL12 | -HL12 ]
+ [ /3 width=4 by ldrop_pair, ex3_2_intro, or_intror/
+ | elim (IHL12 … HLK2) -IHL12 -HLK2 *
+ /4 width=4 by ldrop_drop_lt, ex3_2_intro, ex2_intro, or_introl, or_intror/
+ ]
+]
+qed-.
+
+lemma lsubr_fwd_ldrop2_abbr: ∀L1,L2. L1 ⊑ L2 →
+ ∀K2,V,s,i. ⇩[s, 0, i] L2 ≡ K2.ⓓV →
+ ∃∃K1. K1 ⊑ K2 & ⇩[s, 0, i] L1 ≡ K1.ⓓV.
+#L1 #L2 #HL12 #K2 #V #s #i #HLK2 elim (lsubr_fwd_ldrop2_bind … HL12 … HLK2) -L2 // *
+#K1 #W #_ #_ #H destruct
+qed-.