(** this compute p1^n1*p2^n2*...*pm^nm if l = (p1,n1)::(p2,n2)::...::(pm,nm) *)
Fixpoint refactor (l:(list (nat*nat))) {struct l} : nat :=
  match l with
    nil => 1
    | (cons (p,n) tail) => (power p n)*(refactor tail)
  end.(** a list l is well-formed (is a factorisation) if whenever (p,n) is in l then p is prime and n>0 and p is relatively prime to (refactor (l\(p,n))) and l\(p,n) is well-formed *)
Inductive is_wf : (list (nat*nat))->Prop :=
  nil_is_wf : (is_wf nil)
|cons_is_wf : forall (p n:nat)(tail:(list (nat*nat))),(is_prime p)->(n>0)->(is_wf tail)->(rel_prime p (refactor tail))->(is_wf (cons (p,n) tail)).(** a list l is well-formed (is a factorisation) if whenever (p,n) is in l then p is prime and n>0 and p is relatively prime to (refactor (l\(p,n))) and l\(p,n) is well-formed *)
Inductive is_wf : (list (nat*nat))->Prop :=
  nil_is_wf : (is_wf nil)
|cons_is_wf : forall (p n:nat)(tail:(list (nat*nat))),(is_prime p)->(n>0)->(is_wf tail)->(rel_prime p (refactor tail))->(is_wf (cons (p,n) tail)).(** a list l is well-formed (is a factorisation) if whenever (p,n) is in l then p is prime and n>0 and p is relatively prime to (refactor (l\(p,n))) and l\(p,n) is well-formed *)
Inductive is_wf : (list (nat*nat))->Prop :=
  nil_is_wf : (is_wf nil)
|cons_is_wf : forall (p n:nat)(tail:(list (nat*nat))),(is_prime p)->(n>0)->(is_wf tail)->(rel_prime p (refactor tail))->(is_wf (cons (p,n) tail)).

Lemma rel_prime_wf : forall (l:list (nat*nat))(p n q m:nat),(In (p,n) l)->(is_wf ((q,m)::l))->(rel_prime p q).