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assert-w-first12 1. the_w : World
2. i : Id
3. t : 4. 0<t 5. first(<i,t-1>) (t':. t'<t-1 isnull(a(i;t')))
if t=0 true ; isnull(a(i;t-1)) first(<i,t-1>) else false fi
(t':. t'<t isnull(a(i;t')))