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<span class="kw">let </span><font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> be   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM2" title="ORDINAL1:NM.2">Ordinal</a>; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">::  thesis: </font></span></a><span class="hide"> (  not <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> is  <a href="ordinal1.html#V4" title="ORDINAL1:attr.4">limit_ordinal</a>  iff  ex <font color="Olive" title="b1">B</font> being   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM2" title="ORDINAL1:NM.2">Ordinal</a> st <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">B</font> )</span><br/>

<span class="kw">thus </span><a NAME="E1:45"/>
(  not <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> is  <a href="ordinal1.html#V4" title="ORDINAL1:attr.4">limit_ordinal</a>  implies  ex <font color="Olive" title="b1">B</font> being   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM2" title="ORDINAL1:NM.2">Ordinal</a> st <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">B</font> )
  <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">::  thesis: </font></span></a><span class="hide"> (  ex <font color="Olive" title="b1">B</font> being   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM2" title="ORDINAL1:NM.2">Ordinal</a> st <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">B</font> implies  not <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> is  <a href="ordinal1.html#V4" title="ORDINAL1:attr.4">limit_ordinal</a>  )</span><div><a class="txt" onclick="hs2(this)" href="javascript:()" title="45_1"><span class="kw">proof </span></a><div class="add">

<span class="kw">assume </span><a NAME="E1:45_1"/>
 not <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> is  <a href="ordinal1.html#V4" title="ORDINAL1:attr.4">limit_ordinal</a> 
 ; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">::  thesis: </font></span></a><span class="hide">  ex <font color="Olive" title="b1">B</font> being   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM2" title="ORDINAL1:NM.2">Ordinal</a> st <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">B</font></span><br/>

<span class="kw">then </span><span class="kw">consider </span><font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font> being   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM2" title="ORDINAL1:NM.2">Ordinal</a><span class="kw"> such that </span><br/><a NAME="E3:45_1"/><span class="lab"><font color="Green" title="E27">A1</font></span>: 
<font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font> <a href="hidden.html#R2" title="HIDDEN:pred.2">in</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font>
 <span class="kw">and </span><br/><a NAME="E4:45_1"/><span class="lab"><font color="Green" title="E28">A2</font></span>: 
 not  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font> <a href="hidden.html#R2" title="HIDDEN:pred.2">in</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font>
 <span class="kw">by</span> <span class="lab"><a class="ref" href="ordinal1.html#T28" target="_self" title="ORDINAL1:th.28">Th41</a></span>;<br/>
<span class="kw">take </span>
<font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font>
; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">::  thesis: </font></span></a><span class="hide"> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font></span><br/>

<span class="kw">assume </span><a NAME="E5:45_1"/><span class="lab"><font color="Green" title="E29">A3</font></span>: 
<font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> <a href="hidden.html#NR2" title="HIDDEN:NR.2">&lt;&gt;</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font>
 ; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">::  thesis: </font></span></a><span class="hide"> contradiction</span><br/>

<a NAME="E6:45_1"/>
 <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font> <a href="ordinal1.html#R1" title="ORDINAL1:pred.1">c=</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font>
 
<span class="kw">by</span> <span class="lab"><a class="txt" href="#E3:45_1"><span class="lab"><font color="Green" title="E27">A1</font></span></a>, <a class="ref" href="ordinal1.html#T21" target="_self" title="ORDINAL1:th.21">Th33</a></span>;<br/>
<a NAME="E7:45_1"/><span class="kw">then </span>
 <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font> <a href="xboole_0.html#R2" title="XBOOLE_0:pred.2">c&lt;</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font>
 
<span class="kw">by</span> <span class="lab"><a class="txt" href="#E5:45_1"><span class="lab"><font color="Green" title="E29">A3</font></span></a>, <a class="ref" href="xboole_0.html#D8" title="XBOOLE_0:def.8">XBOOLE_0:def 8</a></span>;<br/>
<span class="kw">hence </span><a NAME="E8:45_1"/>
contradiction
 <span class="kw">by</span> <span class="lab"><a class="txt" href="#E4:45_1"><span class="lab"><font color="Green" title="E28">A2</font></span></a>, <a class="ref" href="ordinal1.html#T11" target="_self" title="ORDINAL1:th.11">Th21</a></span>; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">::  thesis: </font></span></a><span class="hide"> verum</span><br/>


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<span class="kw">given </span><font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font> being   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM2" title="ORDINAL1:NM.2">Ordinal</a><span class="kw"> such that </span><a NAME="E3:45"/><span class="lab"><font color="Green" title="E27">A4</font></span>: 
<font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font>
 ; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">::  thesis: </font></span></a><span class="hide">  not <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> is  <a href="ordinal1.html#V4" title="ORDINAL1:attr.4">limit_ordinal</a> </span><br/>

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( <font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font> <a href="hidden.html#R2" title="HIDDEN:pred.2">in</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> &amp;  not  <a href="ordinal1.html#K1" title="ORDINAL1:func.1">succ</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">B</font> <a href="hidden.html#R2" title="HIDDEN:pred.2">in</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> )
 
<span class="kw">by</span> <span class="lab"><a class="txt" href="#E3:45"><span class="lab"><font color="Green" title="E27">A4</font></span></a>, <a class="ref" href="ordinal1.html#T6" target="_self" title="ORDINAL1:th.6">Th10</a></span>;<br/>
<span class="kw">hence </span><a NAME="E5:45"/>
 not <font color="Maroon" title="c1">A</font> is  <a href="ordinal1.html#V4" title="ORDINAL1:attr.4">limit_ordinal</a> 
 <span class="kw">by</span> <span class="lab"><a class="ref" href="ordinal1.html#T28" target="_self" title="ORDINAL1:th.28">Th41</a></span>; <a class="txt" onclick="hs(this)" href="javascript:()"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">::  thesis: </font></span></a><span class="hide"> verum</span><br/>


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