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(* Contribution to the Coq Library   V6.3 (July 1999)                    *)
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(*                 The Calculus of Inductive Constructions                  *)
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(*                                Projet Coq                                *)
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(*                     INRIA                        ENS-CNRS                *)
(*              Rocquencourt                        Lyon                    *)
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(*                                Coq V5.10                                 *)
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(*                               Alternate.v                                *)
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(* G. Huet - V5.8  Nov. 1994 *)
(*    ported V5.10 June 1995 *)
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(* Alternating words *)
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(* (alt b w) == w = [b ~b b ~b ...]  *)
Inductive alt : bool -> word -> Prop :=
| alt_empty : forall b : bool, alt b empty
| alt_bit : forall (b : bool) (w : word), alt (negb b) w -> alt b (bit b w).
Hint Resolve alt_empty alt_bit.
Inductive alternate (w : word) : Prop :=
alter : forall b : bool, alt b w -> alternate w.
(* (alternate w) iff Exists b  (alt b w)  *)
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(* Subwords of alternate words are alternate *)
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Lemma alt_conc_l :
forall u v w : word, conc u v w -> forall b : bool, alt b w -> alt b u.