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REAL AND COMPLEX NUMBERS
Elementary real and complex functions
Signum (sgn or sign) function
sgnmnf
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Theorem
sgnmnf
Description:
The signum of
-oo
is -1.
(Contributed by
David A. Wheeler
, 26-Jun-2016)
Ref
Expression
Assertion
sgnmnf
⊢
sgn
⁡
−∞
=
−
1
Proof
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
1
mnfxr
⊢
−∞
∈
ℝ
*
2
mnflt0
⊢
−∞
<
0
3
sgnn
⊢
−∞
∈
ℝ
*
∧
−∞
<
0
→
sgn
⁡
−∞
=
−
1
4
1
2
3
mp2an
⊢
sgn
⁡
−∞
=
−
1