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      Function-variable-dependency

      Notion of dependency on function variables.

      A term term depends on a function variable fvar iff fvar occurs in term or fvar is one of the function variables that a second-order function that occurs in term depends on..

      A second-order function sofun depends on a function variable fvar iff its body, guard, or (if present) measure depends on fvar.

      A second-order theorem sothm depends on a function variable fvar iff its formula depends on fvar.

      Examples

      Example 1

      Given

      (defunvar ?f (*) => *)
      (defunvar ?g (*) => *)
      (defun2 h[?f] (x) (?f (cons x 3)))

      the term (h[?f] (?g a)) depends exactly on ?g and ?f.

      Example 2

      Given

      (defunvar ?f (*) => *)
      (defunvar ?g (*) => *)
      (defun2 h[?f] (x) (?f (cons x 3)))
      (defun2 k[?f][?g] (a) (h[?f] (?g a)))

      the function k[?f][?g] depends exactly on ?g and ?f.

      Example 3

      Given

      (defunvar ?f (*) => *)
      (defunvar ?g (*) => *)
      (defun2 h[?f] (x) (?f (cons x 3)))
      (defthm th (h[?f] (?g a)))

      the theorem th depends exactly on ?g and ?f.