Description: Multiplication of both sides of 'less than' by a positive number. Theorem I.19 of Apostol p. 20. (Contributed by NM, 16-May-1999)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypotheses | ltplus1.1 | |- A e. RR | |
| prodgt0.2 | |- B e. RR | ||
| ltmul1.3 | |- C e. RR | ||
| Assertion | ltmul1i | |- ( 0 < C -> ( A < B <-> ( A x. C ) < ( B x. C ) ) ) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ltplus1.1 | |- A e. RR | |
| 2 | prodgt0.2 | |- B e. RR | |
| 3 | ltmul1.3 | |- C e. RR | |
| 4 | ltmul1 | |- ( ( A e. RR /\ B e. RR /\ ( C e. RR /\ 0 < C ) ) -> ( A < B <-> ( A x. C ) < ( B x. C ) ) ) | |
| 5 | 1 2 4 | mp3an12 | |- ( ( C e. RR /\ 0 < C ) -> ( A < B <-> ( A x. C ) < ( B x. C ) ) ) | 
| 6 | 3 5 | mpan | |- ( 0 < C -> ( A < B <-> ( A x. C ) < ( B x. C ) ) ) |