Section POWER2.
Variable subst_l : Pol -> Pol.
Fixpoint Ppow_pos (res P:Pol) (p:positive){struct p} : Pol :=
match p with
| xH => subst_l (Pmul P res)
| xO p => Ppow_pos (Ppow_pos res P p) P p
| xI p => subst_l (Pmul P (Ppow_pos (Ppow_pos res P p) P p))
end.
Definition Ppow_N P n :=
match n with
| N0 => P1
| Npos p => Ppow_pos P1 P p
end.
Fixpoint pow_pos_gen (R:Type)(m:R->R->R)(x:R) (i:positive) {struct i}: R :=
match i with
| xH => x
| xO i => let p := pow_pos_gen m x i in m p p
| xI i => let p := pow_pos_gen m x i in m x (m p p)
end.
Definition pow_N_gen (R:Type)(x1:R)(m:R->R->R)(x:R) (p:N) :=
match p with
| N0 => x1
| Npos p => pow_pos_gen m x p
end.

Lemma norm_subst_spec :
forall l pe,
PEeval l pe == (norm_subst pe)@l.