(** One or several transitions.  Also known as the transitive closure. *)
Inductive plus (ge: genv): state -> trace -> state -> Prop :=
| plus_left: forall s1 t1 s2 t2 s3 t,
step ge s1 t1 s2 -> star ge s2 t2 s3 -> t = t1 ** t2 ->
plus ge s1 t s3.

Lemma plus_inv:
forall ge s1 t s2,
plus ge s1 t s2 ->
step ge s1 t s2 \/ exists s', exists t1, exists t2, step ge s1 t1 s' /\ plus ge s' t2 s2 /\ t = t1 ** t2.