Database REAL AND COMPLEX NUMBERS Construction and axiomatization of real and complex numbers Dedekind-cut construction of real and complex numbers recidnq  
				
		 
		
			
		 
		Description:   A positive fraction times its reciprocal is 1.  (Contributed by NM , 6-Mar-1996)   (Revised by Mario Carneiro , 8-May-2013) 
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					Expression 
				 
				
					Assertion 
					recidnq    ⊢   A  ∈  𝑸     →   A   ⋅  𝑸      *  𝑸    ⁡  A  =   1  𝑸           
				 
			
		 
		
				Proof 
				
					
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						Hyp 
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						Expression 
					 
						
							1 
								
							 
							eqid  ⊢     *  𝑸    ⁡  A   =    *  𝑸    ⁡  A        
						
							2 
								
							 
							recmulnq   ⊢   A  ∈  𝑸     →      *  𝑸    ⁡  A   =    *  𝑸    ⁡  A     ↔   A   ⋅  𝑸      *  𝑸    ⁡  A  =   1  𝑸            
						
							3 
								1  2 
							 
							mpbii   ⊢   A  ∈  𝑸     →   A   ⋅  𝑸      *  𝑸    ⁡  A  =   1  𝑸