Description: The reciprocal of a positive number is positive. Exercise 4 of Apostol p. 21. (Contributed by NM, 15-May-1999)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypothesis | ltplus1.1 | ⊢ 𝐴 ∈ ℝ | |
| Assertion | recgt0i | ⊢ ( 0 < 𝐴 → 0 < ( 1 / 𝐴 ) ) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ltplus1.1 | ⊢ 𝐴 ∈ ℝ | |
| 2 | recgt0 | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 0 < 𝐴 ) → 0 < ( 1 / 𝐴 ) ) | |
| 3 | 1 2 | mpan | ⊢ ( 0 < 𝐴 → 0 < ( 1 / 𝐴 ) ) |