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(* 02110-1301 USA                                                     *)
(** * lin_comb_facts.v *)
Set Implicit Arguments.
Unset Strict Implicit.
Require Export algebraic_span_facts.
Require Export seq_set_seq.
(** - Miscellaneous facts about linear combinations:  - Suppose $x$ is a linear combination of $W$, and all $w\in W$ are linear combinations of $W'$, then $x$ is a linear combination of $W'$ *)

(* Specifications: *)
Lemma lin_comb_casting :
forall (F : field) (V : vectorspace F) (W W' : part_set V) (x : V),
is_lin_comb x W ->
(forall w : W, is_lin_comb (subtype_elt w) W') -> is_lin_comb x W'.