Section ListPairs.
Variables (A : Type) (B : Type).
(** [split] derives two lists from a list of pairs *)
Fixpoint split (l:list (A*B)) : list A * list B :=
match l with
| [] => ([], [])
| (x,y) :: tl => let (left,right) := split tl in (x::left, y::right)
end.
(** [combine] is the opposite of [split]. Lists given to [combine] are meant to be of same length. If not, [combine] stops on the shorter list *)
Fixpoint combine (l : list A) (l' : list B) : list (A*B) :=
match l,l' with
| x::tl, y::tl' => (x,y)::(combine tl tl')
| _, _ => nil
end.
(** [list_prod] has the same signature as [combine], but unlike [combine], it adds every possible pairs, not only those at the same position. *)
Fixpoint list_prod (l:list A) (l':list B) :
list (A * B) :=
match l with
| nil => nil
| cons x t => (map (fun y:B => (x, y)) l')++(list_prod t l')
end.

Lemma prod_length : forall (l:list A)(l':list B),
length (list_prod l l') = (length l) * (length l').