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+(**************************************************************************)
+(* ___ *)
+(* ||M|| *)
+(* ||A|| A project by Andrea Asperti *)
+(* ||T|| *)
+(* ||I|| Developers: *)
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+(* ||A|| http://helm.cs.unibo.it *)
+(* \ / *)
+(* \ / This file is distributed under the terms of the *)
+(* v GNU General Public License Version 2 *)
+(* *)
+(**************************************************************************)
+
+include "ground_2/notation/constructors/tuple_4.ma".
+include "ground_2/notation/constructors/zerozero_0.ma".
+include "ground_2/notation/constructors/zeroone_0.ma".
+include "ground_2/notation/constructors/onezero_0.ma".
+include "ground_2/lib/arith.ma".
+
+(* RT-TRANSITION COUNTER ****************************************************)
+
+record rtc: Type[0] ≝ {
+ ri: nat; (* Note: inner r-steps *)
+ rh: nat; (* Note: head r-steps *)
+ ti: nat; (* Note: inner t-steps *)
+ th: nat (* Note: head t-steps *)
+}.
+
+interpretation "constructor (rtc)"
+ 'Tuple ri rh ti th = (mk_rtc ri rh ti th).
+
+(* Note: for one structural step *)
+definition OO: rtc ≝ 〈0, 0, 0, 0〉.
+
+interpretation "one structural step (rtc)"
+ 'ZeroZero = (OO).
+
+(* Note: for one r-step *)
+definition UO: rtc ≝ 〈0, 1, 0, 0〉.
+
+interpretation "one r-step (rtc)"
+ 'OneZero = (UO).
+
+(* Note: for one t-step *)
+definition OU: rtc ≝ 〈0, 0, 0, 1〉.
+
+interpretation "one t-step (rtc)"
+ 'ZeroOne = (OU).