Section Equivalences.
(** *** Equivalences between the different definition of the reflexive, symmetric, transitive closures *)
(** *** Contributed by P. Castéran *)
(** Direct transitive closure vs left-step extension *)
(** Direct transitive closure vs right-step extension *)
(** Direct reflexive-transitive closure is equivalent to transitivity by left-step extension *)

Lemma clos_rt1n_step : forall x y, R x y -> clos_refl_trans_1n R x y.