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+import logic
+open eq.ops
+
+inductive tree (A : Type) :=
+leaf : A → tree A,
+node : tree A → tree A → tree A
+
+namespace tree
+
+inductive direct_subterm {A : Type} : tree A → tree A → Prop :=
+node_l : Π (l r : tree A), direct_subterm l (node l r),
+node_r : Π (l r : tree A), direct_subterm r (node l r)
+
+definition direct_subterm.wf {A : Type} : well_founded (@direct_subterm A) :=
+well_founded.intro (λ t : tree A,
+  tree.rec_on t
+    (λ (a : A), acc.intro (leaf a) (λ (s : tree A) (H : direct_subterm s (leaf a)),
+       have gen : ∀ r : tree A, direct_subterm s r → r = leaf a → acc direct_subterm s, from
+         λ r H, direct_subterm.rec_on H (λ l r e, tree.no_confusion e) (λ l r e, tree.no_confusion e),
+       gen (leaf a) H rfl))
+    (λ (l r : tree A) (ihl : acc direct_subterm l) (ihr : acc direct_subterm r),
+      acc.intro (node l r) (λ (s : tree A) (H : direct_subterm s (node l r)),
+        have gen : ∀ n₁ : tree A, direct_subterm s n₁ → node l r = n₁ → acc direct_subterm s, from
+          λ n₁ H, direct_subterm.rec_on H
+           (λ (l' r' : tree A) (Heq : node l r = node l' r'), tree.no_confusion Heq (λ leq req, eq.rec_on leq ihl))
+           (λ (l' r' : tree A) (Heq : node l r = node l' r'), tree.no_confusion Heq (λ leq req, eq.rec_on req ihr)),
+        gen (node l r) H rfl)))
+
+definition subterm {A : Type} : tree A → tree A → Prop := tc (@direct_subterm A)
+
+definition subterm.wf {A : Type} : well_founded (@subterm A) :=
+tc.wf (@direct_subterm.wf A)
+
+example : subterm (leaf 2) (node (leaf 1) (leaf 2)) :=
+!tc.base !direct_subterm.node_r
+
+example : subterm (leaf 2) (node (node (leaf 1) (leaf 2)) (leaf 3)) :=
+have s₁ : subterm (leaf 2) (node (leaf 1) (leaf 2)), from
+  !tc.base !direct_subterm.node_r,
+have s₂ : subterm (node (leaf 1) (leaf 2)) (node (node (leaf 1) (leaf 2)) (leaf 3)), from
+  !tc.base !direct_subterm.node_l,
+!tc.trans s₁ s₂
+
+end tree