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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/>



<b>assume </b><a NAME="E1:8"/>
( <font color="Maroon" title="c1">a</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>  &amp; <font color="Maroon" title="c2">b</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR4" title="XXREAL_0:NR.4">&gt;</a>  <a href="numbers.html#K6" title="NUMBERS:func.6">0</a>  )
 ;<br/>

<a NAME="E2:8"/><b>then </b>
( 1 <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K7" title="XCMPLX_0:func.7">/</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">a</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>  &amp; 1 <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K7" title="XCMPLX_0:func.7">/</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">b</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR4" title="XXREAL_0:NR.4">&gt;</a>  <a href="numbers.html#K6" title="NUMBERS:func.6">0</a>  )
 
<b>by </b><i><a class="ref" href="real_2.html#T149" target="_self" title="REAL_2:th.149">Th149</a>, <a class="ref" href="xreal_1.html#T141" title="XREAL_1:th.141">XREAL_1:141</a></i>;<br/>
<b>hence </b><a NAME="E3:8"/>
1 <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K7" title="XCMPLX_0:func.7">/</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c1">a</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR3" title="XXREAL_0:NR.3">&lt;</a> 1 <a href="xcmplx_0.html#K7" title="XCMPLX_0:func.7">/</a> <font color="Maroon" title="c2">b</font>
 ;<br/>


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