Section dup_drop_reorder.
Variable A : Type.
Hypothesis A_eq_dec : forall x y : A, {x = y} + {x <> y}.
Inductive dup_drop_step : list A -> list A -> Prop :=
| DDS_dup : forall l p,
In p l ->
dup_drop_step l (p :: l)
| DDS_drop : forall xs p ys,
dup_drop_step (xs ++ p :: ys) (xs ++ ys).
Definition dup_drop_step_star := clos_refl_trans_n1 _ dup_drop_step.

(* Specifications: *)
Lemma dup_drop_step_star_trans :
forall l l' l'',
dup_drop_step_star l l' ->
dup_drop_step_star l' l'' ->
dup_drop_step_star l l''.