Archimedean property
Let
Then there exists a natural number
Proof
Let
Without loss of generality, choose
Suppose for the sake of contradiction that there is no
Then
So
Since
Since
However,
so
reductio ad absurdum, QED
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Let
Then there exists a natural number
Let
Without loss of generality, choose
Suppose for the sake of contradiction that there is no
Then
So
Since
Since
However,
so
reductio ad absurdum, QED