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**Definition:** Composition $\circ$ of substitutions. | **Definition:** Composition $\circ$ of substitutions. | ||
- | **Definition:** A //renaming// is a substitution which, viewed as function, is a bijection on the set of all variables. | + | **Definition:** A //renaming// is a substitution which is (a total function and) a bijection on the set of all variables. |
**Lemma:** If $\sigma$ is a unifier for $E$ and $\tau$ is a substitution, then $\tau \circ \sigma$ is also a unifier. | **Lemma:** If $\sigma$ is a unifier for $E$ and $\tau$ is a substitution, then $\tau \circ \sigma$ is also a unifier. |