Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem emgt0

Description: The Euler-Mascheroni constant is positive. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 11-Jul-2014)

Ref Expression
Assertion emgt0 0 < γ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 log2le1 log 2 < 1
2 2rp 2 +
3 relogcl 2 + log 2
4 2 3 ax-mp log 2
5 1re 1
6 4 5 posdifi log 2 < 1 0 < 1 log 2
7 1 6 mpbi 0 < 1 log 2
8 emcl γ 1 log 2 1
9 5 4 resubcli 1 log 2
10 9 5 elicc2i γ 1 log 2 1 γ 1 log 2 γ γ 1
11 10 simp2bi γ 1 log 2 1 1 log 2 γ
12 8 11 ax-mp 1 log 2 γ
13 0re 0
14 emre γ
15 13 9 14 ltletri 0 < 1 log 2 1 log 2 γ 0 < γ
16 7 12 15 mp2an 0 < γ