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Infinity and the extended real number system (cont.)
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Metamath Proof Explorer
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Theorem
xrletri
Description:
Trichotomy law for extended reals.
(Contributed by
NM
, 7-Feb-2007)
Ref
Expression
Assertion
xrletri
⊢
A
∈
ℝ
*
∧
B
∈
ℝ
*
→
A
≤
B
∨
B
≤
A
Proof
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
1
xrltnle
⊢
B
∈
ℝ
*
∧
A
∈
ℝ
*
→
B
<
A
↔
¬
A
≤
B
2
1
ancoms
⊢
A
∈
ℝ
*
∧
B
∈
ℝ
*
→
B
<
A
↔
¬
A
≤
B
3
xrltle
⊢
B
∈
ℝ
*
∧
A
∈
ℝ
*
→
B
<
A
→
B
≤
A
4
3
ancoms
⊢
A
∈
ℝ
*
∧
B
∈
ℝ
*
→
B
<
A
→
B
≤
A
5
2
4
sylbird
⊢
A
∈
ℝ
*
∧
B
∈
ℝ
*
→
¬
A
≤
B
→
B
≤
A
6
5
orrd
⊢
A
∈
ℝ
*
∧
B
∈
ℝ
*
→
A
≤
B
∨
B
≤
A