Description: Relationship between division and reciprocal. Theorem I.9 of Apostol p. 18. (Contributed by NM, 9-Feb-1995)
Ref | Expression | ||
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Hypotheses | divclz.1 | |- A e. CC |
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divclz.2 | |- B e. CC |
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divcl.3 | |- B =/= 0 |
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Assertion | divreci | |- ( A / B ) = ( A x. ( 1 / B ) ) |
Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
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1 | divclz.1 | |- A e. CC |
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2 | divclz.2 | |- B e. CC |
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3 | divcl.3 | |- B =/= 0 |
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4 | 1 2 | divreczi | |- ( B =/= 0 -> ( A / B ) = ( A x. ( 1 / B ) ) ) |
5 | 3 4 | ax-mp | |- ( A / B ) = ( A x. ( 1 / B ) ) |