Description: The positive operator ordering relation satisfies trichotomy. Exercise 1(iii) of Retherford p. 49. (Contributed by NM, 25-Jul-2006) (New usage is discouraged.)
Ref | Expression | ||
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Assertion | leoptri | |
Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
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1 | leop2 | |
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2 | leop2 | |
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3 | 2 | ancoms | |
4 | 1 3 | anbi12d | |
5 | hmopre | |
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6 | 5 | adantlr | |
7 | hmopre | |
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8 | 7 | adantll | |
9 | 6 8 | letri3d | |
10 | 9 | ralbidva | |
11 | r19.26 | |
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12 | 10 11 | bitr2di | |
13 | hmoplin | |
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14 | hmoplin | |
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15 | lnopeq | |
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16 | 13 14 15 | syl2an | |
17 | 4 12 16 | 3bitrd | |