Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem recgt1d

Description: The reciprocal of a positive number greater than 1 is less than 1. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 28-May-2016)

Ref Expression
Hypothesis rpred.1
|- ( ph -> A e. RR+ )
Assertion recgt1d
|- ( ph -> ( 1 < A <-> ( 1 / A ) < 1 ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 rpred.1
 |-  ( ph -> A e. RR+ )
2 1 rpregt0d
 |-  ( ph -> ( A e. RR /\ 0 < A ) )
3 recgt1
 |-  ( ( A e. RR /\ 0 < A ) -> ( 1 < A <-> ( 1 / A ) < 1 ) )
4 2 3 syl
 |-  ( ph -> ( 1 < A <-> ( 1 / A ) < 1 ) )