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<b>let </b><font color="Maroon" title="c1">a</font>, <font color="Maroon" title="c2">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/>

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<font color="Maroon" title="c1">a</font> <a href="hidden.html#R2" title="HIDDEN:pred.2">in</a>  <a href="numbers.html#K1" title="NUMBERS:func.1">REAL</a> 
 
<b>by </b><i><a class="ref" href="xreal_0.html#D1" title="XREAL_0:def.1">XREAL_0:def 1</a></i>;<br/>
<a NAME="E2:17"/><b>then </b>
 <a href="xxreal_0.html#K2" title="XXREAL_0:func.2">-infty</a>  <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR3" title="XXREAL_0:NR.3">&lt;</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">a</font>
 
<b>by </b><i><a class="ref" href="xxreal_0.html#T12" title="XXREAL_0:th.12">XXREAL_0:12</a></i>;<br/>
<b>hence </b><a NAME="E3:17"/>
( <font color="Maroon" title="c1">a</font> <a href="hidden.html#R2" title="HIDDEN:pred.2">in</a> <span class="p1"><a href="rcomp_1.html#K2" title="RCOMP_1:func.2">].</a><span class="default"><a href="xxreal_0.html#K2" title="XXREAL_0:func.2">-infty</a> ,<font color="Maroon" title="c2">b</font></span><a href="rcomp_1.html#K2" title="RCOMP_1:func.2">.[</a></span> iff <font color="Maroon" title="c1">a</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR3" title="XXREAL_0:NR.3">&lt;</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">b</font> )
 <b>by </b><i><a class="ref" href="xxreal_1.html#T4" title="XXREAL_1:th.4">XXREAL_1:4</a></i>;<br/>


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