Proof using.
intros l1; elim l1; auto.
intros; rewrite <- app_nil_end; auto.
intros a l H l2.
replace (l2 ++ a :: l) with ((l2 ++ a :: nil) ++ l).
apply permutation_trans with (l ++ l2 ++ a :: nil); auto.
apply permutation_trans with (((a :: nil) ++ l2) ++ l); auto.
simpl in |- *; auto.
apply permutation_trans with (l ++ (a :: nil) ++ l2); auto.
apply permutation_sym; auto.
replace (l2 ++ a :: l) with ((l2 ++ a :: nil) ++ l).
apply permutation_app_comp; auto.
elim l2; simpl in |- *; auto.
intros a0 l0 H0.
apply permutation_trans with (a0 :: a :: l0); auto.
apply (app_ass l2 (a :: nil) l).
apply (app_ass l2 (a :: nil) l).
Qed.

(* A transposition is a permutation *)
Theorem permutation_transposition :
forall a b l1 l2 l3,
permutation (l1 ++ a :: l2 ++ b :: l3) (l1 ++ b :: l2 ++ a :: l3).