Database REAL AND COMPLEX NUMBERS Elementary integer functions Integer powers expge1d  
				
		 
		
			
		 
		Description:   A real greater than or equal to 1 raised to a nonnegative integer is
         greater than or equal to 1.  (Contributed by Mario Carneiro , 28-May-2016) 
		
			
				
					Ref 
					Expression 
				 
					
						Hypotheses 
						reexpcld.1 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  𝐴   ∈  ℝ )  
					
						reexpcld.2 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  𝑁   ∈  ℕ0  )  
					
						expge1d.3 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  1  ≤  𝐴  )  
				
					Assertion 
					expge1d ⊢   ( 𝜑   →  1  ≤  ( 𝐴  ↑ 𝑁  ) )  
			
		 
		
				Proof 
				
					
						Step 
						Hyp 
						Ref 
						Expression 
					 
						
							1 
								
							 
							reexpcld.1 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  𝐴   ∈  ℝ )  
						
							2 
								
							 
							reexpcld.2 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  𝑁   ∈  ℕ0  )  
						
							3 
								
							 
							expge1d.3 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  1  ≤  𝐴  )  
						
							4 
								
							 
							expge1 ⊢  ( ( 𝐴   ∈  ℝ  ∧  𝑁   ∈  ℕ0   ∧  1  ≤  𝐴  )  →  1  ≤  ( 𝐴  ↑ 𝑁  ) )  
						
							5 
								1  2  3  4 
							 
							syl3anc ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  1  ≤  ( 𝐴  ↑ 𝑁  ) )