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<b>let </b><font color="Maroon" title="c2">a</font>, <font color="Maroon" title="c3">b</font> be  <a href="xreal_0.html#V1" title="XREAL_0:attr.1">real</a>  <a href="ordinal1.html#NM1" title="ORDINAL1:NM.1">number</a> ;<br/>



<b>assume </b><a NAME="E1:80"/>
<font color="Maroon" title="c2">a</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR3" title="XXREAL_0:NR.3">&lt;</a>  <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K4" title="XCMPLX_0:func.4">-</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">b</font>
 ;<br/>

<a NAME="E2:80"/><b>then </b>
<font color="Maroon" title="c2">a</font> <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K2" title="XCMPLX_0:func.2">+</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">b</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR3" title="XXREAL_0:NR.3">&lt;</a> <span class="p1">(<span class="default"><a href="xcmplx_0.html#K4" title="XCMPLX_0:func.4">-</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">b</font></span>)</span> <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K2" title="XCMPLX_0:func.2">+</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">b</font>
 
<b>by </b><i><a class="txt" href="xreal_1.html#E15"><i><font color="Green" title="E12">Lm10</font></i></a></i>;<br/>
<b>hence </b><a NAME="E3:80"/>
<font color="Maroon" title="c2">a</font> <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K2" title="XCMPLX_0:func.2">+</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c3">b</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR3" title="XXREAL_0:NR.3">&lt;</a>  <a href="numbers.html#K6" title="NUMBERS:func.6">0</a> 
 ;<br/>


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