End Elements.
Section Min_Max_Elt.
(** We emulate two [max_elt] and [min_elt] functions. *)
Fixpoint max_elt_aux (l:list (key*elt)) := match l with
| nil => None
| (x,e)::nil => Some (x,e)
| (x,e)::l => max_elt_aux l
end.
Definition max_elt m := max_elt_aux (elements m).

Lemma max_elt_Above :
forall m x e, max_elt m = Some (x,e) -> Above x (remove x m).