Section Cover.
Variable A : Type.
Variable eqA_dec : forall a b : A, {a = b} + {a <> b}.
Variable empty : A.
(* A list of trees is a cover of a tree if all the trees in the list delimit a frontier in the tree *)
Inductive cover : list (btree A) -> btree A -> Prop :=
| cover_one : forall t, cover (t :: nil) t
| cover_node :
forall l1 l2 t1 t2 t3,
permutation l1 (t1 :: t2 :: l2) ->
cover (node t1 t2 :: l2) t3 -> cover l1 t3.
Hint Constructors cover : core.
Proof using.
intros t l1 l2 H; generalize l2; elim H; clear H t l1 l2; auto.
intros t l2 H; rewrite (permutation_one_inv _ _ _ H); auto.
intros l1 l2 t1 t2 t3 H H0 H1 l0 H2.
apply cover_node with (2 := H0).
apply permutation_trans with (2 := H).
apply permutation_sym; auto.
Qed.
intros t1 t2 l1 H; elim H; clear t1 l1 H; simpl in |- *; auto.
intros t; apply cover_node with (l2 := nil (A:=btree A)) (t1 := t2) (t2 := t);
auto.
intros l1 l2 t1 t0 t3 H H0 H1.
apply cover_node with (l2 := t2 :: l2) (t1 := t1) (t2 := t0); auto.
apply permutation_trans with (t2 :: t1 :: t0 :: l2); auto.
apply permutation_trans with (t1 :: t2 :: t0 :: l2); auto.
apply cover_permutation with (1 := H1); auto.
Qed.
Proof using.
intros l t H; case H; simpl in |- *; auto.
intros t0; discriminate.
intros l1 l2 t1 t2 t3 H0 H1; red in |- *; intros H2;
absurd (length l1 = length (t1 :: t2 :: l2)); auto.
rewrite H2; simpl in |- *; intros; discriminate.
apply permutation_length with (1 := H0); auto.
Qed.

(* A non empty list is a cover of something *)
Theorem one_cover_ex :
forall l : list (btree A), l <> nil -> exists t : btree A, cover l t.