Description: The reciprocal of a positive number is positive. Exercise 4 of Apostol p. 21. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 28-May-2016)
| Ref | Expression | ||
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| Hypotheses | ltp1d.1 | |- ( ph -> A e. RR ) |
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| recgt0d.2 | |- ( ph -> 0 < A ) |
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| Assertion | recgt0d | |- ( ph -> 0 < ( 1 / A ) ) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ltp1d.1 | |- ( ph -> A e. RR ) |
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| 2 | recgt0d.2 | |- ( ph -> 0 < A ) |
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| 3 | recgt0 | |- ( ( A e. RR /\ 0 < A ) -> 0 < ( 1 / A ) ) |
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| 4 | 1 2 3 | syl2anc | |- ( ph -> 0 < ( 1 / A ) ) |