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REAL AND COMPLEX NUMBERS
Construction and axiomatization of real and complex numbers
Real and complex number postulates restated as axioms
ax-pre-lttrn
Metamath Proof Explorer
Description: Ordering on reals is transitive. Axiom 19 of 22 for real and complex
numbers, justified by Theorem axpre-lttrn . Note: The more general
version for extended reals is axlttrn . Normally new proofs would use
lttr . (New usage is discouraged.) (Contributed by NM , 13-Oct-2005)
Ref
Expression
Assertion
ax-pre-lttrn
⊢ A ∈ ℝ ∧ B ∈ ℝ ∧ C ∈ ℝ → A < ℝ B ∧ B < ℝ C → A < ℝ C
Detailed syntax breakdown
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
0
cA
class A
1
cr
class ℝ
2
0 1
wcel
wff A ∈ ℝ
3
cB
class B
4
3 1
wcel
wff B ∈ ℝ
5
cC
class C
6
5 1
wcel
wff C ∈ ℝ
7
2 4 6
w3a
wff A ∈ ℝ ∧ B ∈ ℝ ∧ C ∈ ℝ
8
cltrr
class < ℝ
9
0 3 8
wbr
wff A < ℝ B
10
3 5 8
wbr
wff B < ℝ C
11
9 10
wa
wff A < ℝ B ∧ B < ℝ C
12
0 5 8
wbr
wff A < ℝ C
13
11 12
wi
wff A < ℝ B ∧ B < ℝ C → A < ℝ C
14
7 13
wi
wff A ∈ ℝ ∧ B ∈ ℝ ∧ C ∈ ℝ → A < ℝ B ∧ B < ℝ C → A < ℝ C