Description: The reciprocal of a positive number is positive. Exercise 4 of Apostol p. 21. (Contributed by NM, 15-May-1999)
Ref | Expression | ||
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Hypotheses | ltplus1.1 | |
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recgt0i.2 | |
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Assertion | recgt0ii | |
Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
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1 | ltplus1.1 | |
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2 | recgt0i.2 | |
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3 | ax-1cn | |
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4 | 1 | recni | |
5 | ax-1ne0 | |
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6 | 1 2 | gt0ne0ii | |
7 | 3 4 5 6 | divne0i | |
8 | 7 | nesymi | |
9 | 0lt1 | |
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10 | 0re | |
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11 | 1re | |
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12 | 10 11 | ltnsymi | |
13 | 9 12 | ax-mp | |
14 | 1 6 | rereccli | |
15 | 14 | renegcli | |
16 | 15 1 | mulgt0i | |
17 | 2 16 | mpan2 | |
18 | 14 | recni | |
19 | 18 4 | mulneg1i | |
20 | 4 6 | recidi | |
21 | 4 18 20 | mulcomli | |
22 | 21 | negeqi | |
23 | 19 22 | eqtri | |
24 | 17 23 | breqtrdi | |
25 | lt0neg1 | |
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26 | 14 25 | ax-mp | |
27 | lt0neg1 | |
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28 | 11 27 | ax-mp | |
29 | 24 26 28 | 3imtr4i | |
30 | 13 29 | mto | |
31 | 8 30 | pm3.2ni | |
32 | axlttri | |
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33 | 10 14 32 | mp2an | |
34 | 31 33 | mpbir | |