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Thm* i:Id, w:World, p:FairFifo, t:. Thm* isnull(a(i;t))  (valtype(<i,t>) ~ valtype(i;a(i;t)))	[es-valtype-w-valtype]
Thm* the_w:World, e:E, t:. Thm* FairFifo Thm*  Thm* isrcv(kind(e)) Thm*  Thm* match(lnk(kind(e));t;time(e)) Thm*  Thm* onlnk(lnk(kind(e));m(source(lnk(kind(e)));t))[(||rcvs(lnk(kind(e));time(e))|| Thm* -||snds(lnk(kind(e));t)||)] Thm* = Thm* msg(a(loc(e);time(e))) Thm*  Msg	[w-match-property]
Thm* the_w:World, e:E. Thm* FairFifo Thm*  Thm* isrcv(kind(e)) Thm*  Thm* (t:time(e).  Thm* (match(lnk(kind(e));t;time(e)) Thm* (& onlnk(lnk(kind(e));m(source(lnk(kind(e)));t))[(||rcvs(lnk(kind(e));time(e))|| Thm* (& -||snds(lnk(kind(e));t)||)] Thm* (& = Thm* (& msg(a(loc(e);time(e))) Thm* (&  Msg)	[better-w-match-exists]
Thm* the_w:World, e:E. first(e)  (t':. t'<time(e)  isnull(a(loc(e);t')))	[assert-w-first]
Def pred(e) Def == if isnull(a(loc(e);time(e)-1)) pred(<loc(e),time(e)-1>) Def == else <loc(e),time(e)-1> fi Def (recursive)	[w-pred]
Def first(e) Def == if time(e)=0 true Def == i; isnull(a(loc(e);time(e)-1)) first(<loc(e),time(e)-1>) Def == else false fi Def (recursive)	[w-first]
Def act(e) == a(1of(e);2of(e))	[w-act]
Def E == {p:(Id)| isnull(a(1of(p);2of(p))) }	[w-E]
Def FairFifo Def == (i:Id, t:, l:IdLnk. source(l) = i  onlnk(l;m(i;t)) = nil  Msg List) Def == & (i:Id, t:. Def == & (isnull(a(i;t)) Def == & ( Def == & ((x:Id. s(i;t+1).x = s(i;t).x  vartype(i;x)) Def == & (& m(i;t) = nil  Msg List) Def == & (i:Id, t:, l:IdLnk. Def == & (isrcv(l;a(i;t)) Def == & ( Def == & (destination(l) = i Def == & (& ||queue(l;t)||1 & hd(queue(l;t)) = msg(a(i;t))  Msg) Def == & (l:IdLnk, t:. Def == & (t':.  Def == & (tt' & isrcv(l;a(destination(l);t'))  queue(l;t') = nil  Msg List)	[fair-fifo]
Def rcvs(l;t) == filter(a.isrcv(l;a);map(t1.a(destination(l);t1);upto(t)))	[w-rcvs]

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