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<b>let </b><font color="Maroon" title="c1">i</font>, <font color="Maroon" title="c2">j</font> be  <a href="ordinal1.html#V7" title="ORDINAL1:attr.7">natural</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#NM1" title="ORDINAL1:NM.1">number</a> ;<br/>

<b>assume </b><a NAME="E1:31"/>
<font color="Maroon" title="c1">i</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR2" title="XXREAL_0:NR.2">&gt;=</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">j</font>
 ;<br/>

<a NAME="E2:31"/><b>then </b>
 ex <font color="Olive" title="b1">m</font> being  <a href="nat_1.html#NM1" title="NAT_1:NM.1">Nat</a> st <font color="Maroon" title="c1">i</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">j</font> <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K2" title="XCMPLX_0:func.2">+</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">m</font>
 
<b>by </b><i><a class="ref" href="nat_1.html#T10" title="NAT_1:th.10">NAT_1:10</a></i>;<br/>
<b>hence </b><a NAME="E3:31"/>
<span class="p1">(<span class="default"><font color="Maroon" title="c1">i</font> <a href="binarith.html#K3" title="BINARITH:func.3">-'</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">j</font></span>)</span> <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K2" title="XCMPLX_0:func.2">+</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">j</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">i</font>
 <b>by </b><i><a class="ref" href="binarith.html#T39" target="_self" title="BINARITH:th.39">Th39</a></i>;<br/>


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