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Description: The reciprocal of a positive number is positive. Exercise 4 of Apostol p. 21. (Contributed by NM, 15-May-1999)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypotheses | ltplus1.1 | ||
| recgt0i.2 | |||
| Assertion | recgt0ii |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ltplus1.1 | ||
| 2 | recgt0i.2 | ||
| 3 | ax-1cn | ||
| 4 | 1 | recni | |
| 5 | ax-1ne0 | ||
| 6 | 1 2 | gt0ne0ii | |
| 7 | 3 4 5 6 | divne0i | |
| 8 | 7 | nesymi | |
| 9 | 0lt1 | ||
| 10 | 0re | ||
| 11 | 1re | ||
| 12 | 10 11 | ltnsymi | |
| 13 | 9 12 | ax-mp | |
| 14 | 1 6 | rereccli | |
| 15 | 14 | renegcli | |
| 16 | 15 1 | mulgt0i | |
| 17 | 2 16 | mpan2 | |
| 18 | 14 | recni | |
| 19 | 18 4 | mulneg1i | |
| 20 | 4 6 | recidi | |
| 21 | 4 18 20 | mulcomli | |
| 22 | 21 | negeqi | |
| 23 | 19 22 | eqtri | |
| 24 | 17 23 | breqtrdi | |
| 25 | lt0neg1 | ||
| 26 | 14 25 | ax-mp | |
| 27 | lt0neg1 | ||
| 28 | 11 27 | ax-mp | |
| 29 | 24 26 28 | 3imtr4i | |
| 30 | 13 29 | mto | |
| 31 | 8 30 | pm3.2ni | |
| 32 | axlttri | ||
| 33 | 10 14 32 | mp2an | |
| 34 | 31 33 | mpbir |