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Description: The reciprocal of a negative real is negative. (Contributed by SN, 26-Nov-2025)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypotheses | sn-reclt0d.a | |- ( ph -> A e. RR ) |
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| sn-reclt0d.z | |- ( ph -> A < 0 ) |
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| Assertion | sn-reclt0d | |- ( ph -> ( 1 /R A ) < 0 ) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sn-reclt0d.a | |- ( ph -> A e. RR ) |
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| 2 | sn-reclt0d.z | |- ( ph -> A < 0 ) |
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| 3 | 2 | lt0ne0d | |- ( ph -> A =/= 0 ) |
| 4 | 1 3 | sn-rereccld | |- ( ph -> ( 1 /R A ) e. RR ) |
| 5 | rernegcl | |- ( A e. RR -> ( 0 -R A ) e. RR ) |
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| 6 | 1 5 | syl | |- ( ph -> ( 0 -R A ) e. RR ) |
| 7 | relt0neg1 | |- ( A e. RR -> ( A < 0 <-> 0 < ( 0 -R A ) ) ) |
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| 8 | 1 7 | syl | |- ( ph -> ( A < 0 <-> 0 < ( 0 -R A ) ) ) |
| 9 | 2 8 | mpbid | |- ( ph -> 0 < ( 0 -R A ) ) |
| 10 | 4 1 | remulneg2d | |- ( ph -> ( ( 1 /R A ) x. ( 0 -R A ) ) = ( 0 -R ( ( 1 /R A ) x. A ) ) ) |
| 11 | 1 3 | rerecid2d | |- ( ph -> ( ( 1 /R A ) x. A ) = 1 ) |
| 12 | 11 | oveq2d | |- ( ph -> ( 0 -R ( ( 1 /R A ) x. A ) ) = ( 0 -R 1 ) ) |
| 13 | 10 12 | eqtrd | |- ( ph -> ( ( 1 /R A ) x. ( 0 -R A ) ) = ( 0 -R 1 ) ) |
| 14 | reneg1lt0 | |- ( 0 -R 1 ) < 0 |
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| 15 | 14 | a1i | |- ( ph -> ( 0 -R 1 ) < 0 ) |
| 16 | 13 15 | eqbrtrd | |- ( ph -> ( ( 1 /R A ) x. ( 0 -R A ) ) < 0 ) |
| 17 | 4 6 9 16 | mulgt0con1d | |- ( ph -> ( 1 /R A ) < 0 ) |