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
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
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