(** Specification of the power function *)
Variable Cpow : Type.
Variable Cp_phi : N -> Cpow.
Variable rpow : R -> Cpow -> R.
Record power_theory : Prop := mkpow_th {
rpow_pow_N : forall r n, req (rpow r (Cp_phi n)) (pow_N rI rmul r n)
}.
End POWER.
Definition pow_N_th :=
mkpow_th id_phi_N (pow_N rI rmul) (pow_N_pow_N rI rmul Rsth).
End DEFINITIONS.
Section ALMOST_RING.
Variable R : Type.
Variable (rO rI : R) (radd rmul rsub: R->R->R) (ropp : R -> R).
Variable req : R -> R -> Prop.
Notation "0" := rO.  Notation "1" := rI.
Infix "==" := req. Infix "+" := radd.  Infix "* " := rmul.

Lemma SRopp_mul_l : forall x y, -(x * y) == -x * y.
Variable C : Type.