Proof of `Contracting edges and right lexicographic products` (2nd statement)
What this proof establishes
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Assuming the claims on the left, the claim on the right holds — checked by the archive's pipeline. Proof code is not displayed here.
Description
, (1) ⇒ (2). In the formula for the factor depending on counts homomorphisms out of a quotient , which is a contraction of and so lies in .