(** The elements of a multi-unit separation algebra can be partitioned
    into equivalance classes, where two elements are in the class iff
    they have the same unit.
  *)

  Definition comparable {A} `{Sep_alg A}  (a b:A)
    := core a = core b.

Lemma comparable_refl {A} `{Sep_alg A} : forall a, comparable a a.