P. 129 of Theorem List - Metamath Proof Explorer

Theorem List for Metamath Proof Explorer - 12801-12900   *Has distinct variable group(s)

Type	Label	Description
Statement
Theorem	2eluzge1 12801	2 is an integer greater than or equal to 1. (Contributed by Alexander van der Vekens, 8-Jun-2018.)
⊢ 2 ∈ (ℤ≥‘1)
Theorem	5eluz3 12802	5 is an integer greater than or equal to 3. (Contributed by AV, 7-Sep-2025.)
⊢ 5 ∈ (ℤ≥‘3)
Theorem	uzuzle23 12803	An integer greater than or equal to 3 is an integer greater than or equal to 2. (Contributed by Alexander van der Vekens, 17-Sep-2018.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ (ℤ≥‘3) → 𝐴 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2))
Theorem	uzuzle24 12804	An integer greater than or equal to 4 is an integer greater than or equal to 2. (Contributed by AV, 30-May-2023.)
⊢ (𝑋 ∈ (ℤ≥‘4) → 𝑋 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2))
Theorem	uzuzle34 12805	An integer greater than or equal to 4 is an integer greater than or equal to 3. (Contributed by AV, 5-Sep-2025.)
⊢ (𝑋 ∈ (ℤ≥‘4) → 𝑋 ∈ (ℤ≥‘3))
Theorem	uzuzle35 12806	An integer greater than or equal to 5 is an integer greater than or equal to 3. (Contributed by AV, 15-Nov-2025.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ (ℤ≥‘5) → 𝐴 ∈ (ℤ≥‘3))
Theorem	eluz2nn 12807	An integer greater than or equal to 2 is a positive integer. (Contributed by AV, 3-Nov-2018.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) → 𝐴 ∈ ℕ)
Theorem	eluz3nn 12808	An integer greater than or equal to 3 is a positive integer. (Contributed by Alexander van der Vekens, 17-Sep-2018.) (Proof shortened by AV, 30-Nov-2025.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘3) → 𝑁 ∈ ℕ)
Theorem	eluz4nn 12809	An integer greater than or equal to 4 is a positive integer. (Contributed by AV, 30-May-2023.)
⊢ (𝑋 ∈ (ℤ≥‘4) → 𝑋 ∈ ℕ)
Theorem	eluz5nn 12810	An integer greater than or equal to 5 is a positive integer. (Contributed by AV, 22-Nov-2025.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘5) → 𝑁 ∈ ℕ)
Theorem	eluzge2nn0 12811	If an integer is greater than or equal to 2, then it is a nonnegative integer. (Contributed by AV, 27-Aug-2018.) (Proof shortened by AV, 3-Nov-2018.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) → 𝑁 ∈ ℕ0)
Theorem	eluz2n0 12812	An integer greater than or equal to 2 is not 0. (Contributed by AV, 25-May-2020.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) → 𝑁 ≠ 0)
Theorem	uz3m2nn 12813	An integer greater than or equal to 3 decreased by 2 is a positive integer, analogous to uz2m1nn 12842. (Contributed by Alexander van der Vekens, 17-Sep-2018.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘3) → (𝑁 − 2) ∈ ℕ)
Theorem	uznnssnn 12814	The upper integers starting from a natural are a subset of the naturals. (Contributed by Scott Fenton, 29-Jun-2013.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ ℕ → (ℤ≥‘𝑁) ⊆ ℕ)
Theorem	raluz 12815*	Restricted universal quantification in an upper set of integers. (Contributed by NM, 9-Sep-2005.)
⊢ (𝑀 ∈ ℤ → (∀𝑛 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀)𝜑 ↔ ∀𝑛 ∈ ℤ (𝑀 ≤ 𝑛 → 𝜑)))
Theorem	raluz2 12816*	Restricted universal quantification in an upper set of integers. (Contributed by NM, 9-Sep-2005.)
⊢ (∀𝑛 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀)𝜑 ↔ (𝑀 ∈ ℤ → ∀𝑛 ∈ ℤ (𝑀 ≤ 𝑛 → 𝜑)))
Theorem	rexuz 12817*	Restricted existential quantification in an upper set of integers. (Contributed by NM, 9-Sep-2005.)
⊢ (𝑀 ∈ ℤ → (∃𝑛 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀)𝜑 ↔ ∃𝑛 ∈ ℤ (𝑀 ≤ 𝑛 ∧ 𝜑)))
Theorem	rexuz2 12818*	Restricted existential quantification in an upper set of integers. (Contributed by NM, 9-Sep-2005.)
⊢ (∃𝑛 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀)𝜑 ↔ (𝑀 ∈ ℤ ∧ ∃𝑛 ∈ ℤ (𝑀 ≤ 𝑛 ∧ 𝜑)))
Theorem	2rexuz 12819*	Double existential quantification in an upper set of integers. (Contributed by NM, 3-Nov-2005.)
⊢ (∃𝑚∃𝑛 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑚)𝜑 ↔ ∃𝑚 ∈ ℤ ∃𝑛 ∈ ℤ (𝑚 ≤ 𝑛 ∧ 𝜑))
Theorem	peano2uz 12820	Second Peano postulate for an upper set of integers. (Contributed by NM, 7-Sep-2005.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → (𝑁 + 1) ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀))
Theorem	peano2uzs 12821	Second Peano postulate for an upper set of integers. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 26-Dec-2013.)
⊢ 𝑍 = (ℤ≥‘𝑀)    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑁 ∈ 𝑍 → (𝑁 + 1) ∈ 𝑍)
Theorem	peano2uzr 12822	Reversed second Peano axiom for upper integers. (Contributed by NM, 2-Jan-2006.)
⊢ ((𝑀 ∈ ℤ ∧ 𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘(𝑀 + 1))) → 𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀))
Theorem	uzaddcl 12823	Addition closure law for an upper set of integers. (Contributed by NM, 4-Jun-2006.)
⊢ ((𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) ∧ 𝐾 ∈ ℕ0) → (𝑁 + 𝐾) ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀))
Theorem	nn0pzuz 12824	The sum of a nonnegative integer and an integer is an integer greater than or equal to that integer. (Contributed by Alexander van der Vekens, 3-Oct-2018.)
⊢ ((𝑁 ∈ ℕ0 ∧ 𝑍 ∈ ℤ) → (𝑁 + 𝑍) ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑍))
Theorem	uzind4 12825*	Induction on the upper set of integers that starts at an integer 𝑀. The first four hypotheses give us the substitution instances we need, and the last two are the basis and the induction step. (Contributed by NM, 7-Sep-2005.)
⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑀 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜓))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑘 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜒))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = (𝑘 + 1) → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜃))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑁 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜏))    &   ⊢ (𝑀 ∈ ℤ → 𝜓)    &   ⊢ (𝑘 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → (𝜒 → 𝜃))    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → 𝜏)
Theorem	uzind4ALT 12826*	Induction on the upper set of integers that starts at an integer 𝑀. The last four hypotheses give us the substitution instances we need; the first two are the basis and the induction step. Either uzind4 12825 or uzind4ALT 12826 may be used; see comment for nnind 12164. (Contributed by NM, 7-Sep-2005.) (New usage is discouraged.) (Proof modification is discouraged.)
⊢ (𝑀 ∈ ℤ → 𝜓)    &   ⊢ (𝑘 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → (𝜒 → 𝜃))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑀 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜓))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑘 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜒))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = (𝑘 + 1) → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜃))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑁 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜏))    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → 𝜏)
Theorem	uzind4s 12827*	Induction on the upper set of integers that starts at an integer 𝑀, using explicit substitution. The hypotheses are the basis and the induction step. (Contributed by NM, 4-Nov-2005.)
⊢ (𝑀 ∈ ℤ → [𝑀 / 𝑘]𝜑)    &   ⊢ (𝑘 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → (𝜑 → [(𝑘 + 1) / 𝑘]𝜑))    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → [𝑁 / 𝑘]𝜑)
Theorem	uzind4s2 12828*	Induction on the upper set of integers that starts at an integer 𝑀, using explicit substitution. The hypotheses are the basis and the induction step. Use this instead of uzind4s 12827 when 𝑗 and 𝑘 must be distinct in [(𝑘 + 1) / 𝑗]𝜑. (Contributed by NM, 16-Nov-2005.)
⊢ (𝑀 ∈ ℤ → [𝑀 / 𝑗]𝜑)    &   ⊢ (𝑘 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → ([𝑘 / 𝑗]𝜑 → [(𝑘 + 1) / 𝑗]𝜑))    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → [𝑁 / 𝑗]𝜑)
Theorem	uzind4i 12829*	Induction on the upper integers that start at 𝑀. The first four give us the substitution instances we need, and the last two are the basis and the induction step. This is a stronger version of uzind4 12825 assuming that 𝜓 holds unconditionally. Notice that 𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) implies that the lower bound 𝑀 is an integer (𝑀 ∈ ℤ, see eluzel2 12758). (Contributed by NM, 4-Sep-2005.) (Revised by AV, 13-Jul-2022.)
⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑀 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜓))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑘 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜒))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = (𝑘 + 1) → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜃))    &   ⊢ (𝑗 = 𝑁 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜏))    &   ⊢ 𝜓    &   ⊢ (𝑘 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → (𝜒 → 𝜃))    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) → 𝜏)
Theorem	uzwo 12830*	Well-ordering principle: any nonempty subset of an upper set of integers has a least element. (Contributed by NM, 8-Oct-2005.)
⊢ ((𝑆 ⊆ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) ∧ 𝑆 ≠ ∅) → ∃𝑗 ∈ 𝑆 ∀𝑘 ∈ 𝑆 𝑗 ≤ 𝑘)
Theorem	uzwo2 12831*	Well-ordering principle: any nonempty subset of an upper set of integers has a unique least element. (Contributed by NM, 8-Oct-2005.)
⊢ ((𝑆 ⊆ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) ∧ 𝑆 ≠ ∅) → ∃!𝑗 ∈ 𝑆 ∀𝑘 ∈ 𝑆 𝑗 ≤ 𝑘)
Theorem	nnwo 12832*	Well-ordering principle: any nonempty set of positive integers has a least element. Theorem I.37 (well-ordering principle) of [Apostol] p. 34. (Contributed by NM, 17-Aug-2001.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ⊆ ℕ ∧ 𝐴 ≠ ∅) → ∃𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦)
Theorem	nnwof 12833*	Well-ordering principle: any nonempty set of positive integers has a least element. This version allows 𝑥 and 𝑦 to be present in 𝐴 as long as they are effectively not free. (Contributed by NM, 17-Aug-2001.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Oct-2016.)
⊢ Ⅎ𝑥𝐴    &   ⊢ Ⅎ𝑦𝐴    ⇒   ⊢ ((𝐴 ⊆ ℕ ∧ 𝐴 ≠ ∅) → ∃𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦)
Theorem	nnwos 12834*	Well-ordering principle: any nonempty set of positive integers has a least element (schema form). (Contributed by NM, 17-Aug-2001.)
⊢ (𝑥 = 𝑦 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜓))    ⇒   ⊢ (∃𝑥 ∈ ℕ 𝜑 → ∃𝑥 ∈ ℕ (𝜑 ∧ ∀𝑦 ∈ ℕ (𝜓 → 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦)))
Theorem	indstr 12835*	Strong Mathematical Induction for positive integers (inference schema). (Contributed by NM, 17-Aug-2001.)
⊢ (𝑥 = 𝑦 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜓))    &   ⊢ (𝑥 ∈ ℕ → (∀𝑦 ∈ ℕ (𝑦 < 𝑥 → 𝜓) → 𝜑))    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑥 ∈ ℕ → 𝜑)
Theorem	eluznn0 12836	Membership in a nonnegative upper set of integers implies membership in ℕ0. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 22-Jun-2011.)
⊢ ((𝑁 ∈ ℕ0 ∧ 𝑀 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑁)) → 𝑀 ∈ ℕ0)
Theorem	eluznn 12837	Membership in a positive upper set of integers implies membership in ℕ. (Contributed by JJ, 1-Oct-2018.)
⊢ ((𝑁 ∈ ℕ ∧ 𝑀 ∈ (ℤ≥‘𝑁)) → 𝑀 ∈ ℕ)
Theorem	eluz2b1 12838	Two ways to say "an integer greater than or equal to 2". (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 23-Nov-2012.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) ↔ (𝑁 ∈ ℤ ∧ 1 < 𝑁))
Theorem	eluz2gt1 12839	An integer greater than or equal to 2 is greater than 1. (Contributed by AV, 24-May-2020.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) → 1 < 𝑁)
Theorem	eluz2b2 12840	Two ways to say "an integer greater than or equal to 2". (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 23-Nov-2012.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) ↔ (𝑁 ∈ ℕ ∧ 1 < 𝑁))
Theorem	eluz2b3 12841	Two ways to say "an integer greater than or equal to 2". (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 23-Nov-2012.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) ↔ (𝑁 ∈ ℕ ∧ 𝑁 ≠ 1))
Theorem	uz2m1nn 12842	One less than an integer greater than or equal to 2 is a positive integer. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 17-Nov-2012.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) → (𝑁 − 1) ∈ ℕ)
Theorem	1nuz2 12843	1 is not in (ℤ≥‘2). (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 21-Nov-2012.)
⊢ ¬ 1 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2)
Theorem	elnn1uz2 12844	A positive integer is either 1 or greater than or equal to 2. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 17-Nov-2012.)
⊢ (𝑁 ∈ ℕ ↔ (𝑁 = 1 ∨ 𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2)))
Theorem	uz2mulcl 12845	Closure of multiplication of integers greater than or equal to 2. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 26-Oct-2012.)
⊢ ((𝑀 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) ∧ 𝑁 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2)) → (𝑀 · 𝑁) ∈ (ℤ≥‘2))
Theorem	indstr2 12846*	Strong Mathematical Induction for positive integers (inference schema). The first two hypotheses give us the substitution instances we need; the last two are the basis and the induction step. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 21-Nov-2012.)
⊢ (𝑥 = 1 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜒))    &   ⊢ (𝑥 = 𝑦 → (𝜑 ↔ 𝜓))    &   ⊢ 𝜒    &   ⊢ (𝑥 ∈ (ℤ≥‘2) → (∀𝑦 ∈ ℕ (𝑦 < 𝑥 → 𝜓) → 𝜑))    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑥 ∈ ℕ → 𝜑)
Theorem	uzinfi 12847	Extract the lower bound of an upper set of integers as its infimum. (Contributed by NM, 7-Oct-2005.) (Revised by AV, 4-Sep-2020.)
⊢ 𝑀 ∈ ℤ    ⇒   ⊢ inf((ℤ≥‘𝑀), ℝ, < ) = 𝑀
Theorem	nninf 12848	The infimum of the set of positive integers is one. (Contributed by NM, 16-Jun-2005.) (Revised by AV, 5-Sep-2020.)
⊢ inf(ℕ, ℝ, < ) = 1
Theorem	nn0inf 12849	The infimum of the set of nonnegative integers is zero. (Contributed by NM, 16-Jun-2005.) (Revised by AV, 5-Sep-2020.)
⊢ inf(ℕ0, ℝ, < ) = 0
Theorem	infssuzle 12850	The infimum of a subset of an upper set of integers is less than or equal to all members of the subset. (Contributed by NM, 11-Oct-2005.) (Revised by AV, 5-Sep-2020.)
⊢ ((𝑆 ⊆ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) ∧ 𝐴 ∈ 𝑆) → inf(𝑆, ℝ, < ) ≤ 𝐴)
Theorem	infssuzcl 12851	The infimum of a subset of an upper set of integers belongs to the subset. (Contributed by NM, 11-Oct-2005.) (Revised by AV, 5-Sep-2020.)
⊢ ((𝑆 ⊆ (ℤ≥‘𝑀) ∧ 𝑆 ≠ ∅) → inf(𝑆, ℝ, < ) ∈ 𝑆)
Theorem	ublbneg 12852*	The image under negation of a bounded-above set of reals is bounded below. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 21-Mar-2011.)
⊢ (∃𝑥 ∈ ℝ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥 → ∃𝑥 ∈ ℝ ∀𝑦 ∈ {𝑧 ∈ ℝ ∣ -𝑧 ∈ 𝐴}𝑥 ≤ 𝑦)
Theorem	eqreznegel 12853*	Two ways to express the image under negation of a set of integers. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 21-Mar-2011.)
⊢ (𝐴 ⊆ ℤ → {𝑧 ∈ ℝ ∣ -𝑧 ∈ 𝐴} = {𝑧 ∈ ℤ ∣ -𝑧 ∈ 𝐴})
Theorem	supminf 12854*	The supremum of a bounded-above set of reals is the negation of the infimum of that set's image under negation. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 21-Mar-2011.) ( Revised by AV, 13-Sep-2020.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ⊆ ℝ ∧ 𝐴 ≠ ∅ ∧ ∃𝑥 ∈ ℝ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥) → sup(𝐴, ℝ, < ) = -inf({𝑧 ∈ ℝ ∣ -𝑧 ∈ 𝐴}, ℝ, < ))
Theorem	lbzbi 12855*	If a set of reals is bounded below, it is bounded below by an integer. (Contributed by Paul Chapman, 21-Mar-2011.)
⊢ (𝐴 ⊆ ℝ → (∃𝑥 ∈ ℝ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦 ↔ ∃𝑥 ∈ ℤ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦))
Theorem	zsupss 12856*	Any nonempty bounded subset of integers has a supremum in the set. (The proof does not use ax-pre-sup 11106.) (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 21-Apr-2015.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ⊆ ℤ ∧ 𝐴 ≠ ∅ ∧ ∃𝑥 ∈ ℤ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥) → ∃𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 (∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 ¬ 𝑥 < 𝑦 ∧ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐵 (𝑦 < 𝑥 → ∃𝑧 ∈ 𝐴 𝑦 < 𝑧)))
Theorem	suprzcl2 12857*	The supremum of a bounded-above set of integers is a member of the set. (This version of suprzcl 12574 avoids ax-pre-sup 11106.) (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 21-Apr-2015.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 24-Dec-2016.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ⊆ ℤ ∧ 𝐴 ≠ ∅ ∧ ∃𝑥 ∈ ℤ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥) → sup(𝐴, ℝ, < ) ∈ 𝐴)
Theorem	suprzub 12858*	The supremum of a bounded-above set of integers is greater than any member of the set. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 21-Apr-2015.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ⊆ ℤ ∧ ∃𝑥 ∈ ℤ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥 ∧ 𝐵 ∈ 𝐴) → 𝐵 ≤ sup(𝐴, ℝ, < ))
Theorem	uzsupss 12859*	Any bounded subset of an upper set of integers has a supremum. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 22-Jul-2014.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 21-Apr-2015.)
⊢ 𝑍 = (ℤ≥‘𝑀)    ⇒   ⊢ ((𝑀 ∈ ℤ ∧ 𝐴 ⊆ 𝑍 ∧ ∃𝑥 ∈ ℤ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥) → ∃𝑥 ∈ 𝑍 (∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 ¬ 𝑥 < 𝑦 ∧ ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝑍 (𝑦 < 𝑥 → ∃𝑧 ∈ 𝐴 𝑦 < 𝑧)))
Theorem	nn01to3 12860	A (nonnegative) integer between 1 and 3 must be 1, 2 or 3. (Contributed by Alexander van der Vekens, 13-Sep-2018.)
⊢ ((𝑁 ∈ ℕ0 ∧ 1 ≤ 𝑁 ∧ 𝑁 ≤ 3) → (𝑁 = 1 ∨ 𝑁 = 2 ∨ 𝑁 = 3))
Theorem	nn0ge2m1nnALT 12861	Alternate proof of nn0ge2m1nn 12472: If a nonnegative integer is greater than or equal to two, the integer decreased by 1 is a positive integer. This version is proved using eluz2 12759, a theorem for upper sets of integers, which are defined later than the positive and nonnegative integers. This proof is, however, much shorter than the proof of nn0ge2m1nn 12472. (Contributed by Alexander van der Vekens, 1-Aug-2018.) (New usage is discouraged.) (Proof modification is discouraged.)
⊢ ((𝑁 ∈ ℕ0 ∧ 2 ≤ 𝑁) → (𝑁 − 1) ∈ ℕ)
5.4.12  Well-ordering principle for bounded-below sets of integers
Theorem	uzwo3 12862*	Well-ordering principle: any nonempty subset of an upper set of integers has a unique least element. This generalization of uzwo2 12831 allows the lower bound 𝐵 to be any real number. See also nnwo 12832 and nnwos 12834. (Contributed by NM, 12-Nov-2004.) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 2-Oct-2015.) (Proof shortened by AV, 27-Sep-2020.)
⊢ ((𝐵 ∈ ℝ ∧ (𝐴 ⊆ {𝑧 ∈ ℤ ∣ 𝐵 ≤ 𝑧} ∧ 𝐴 ≠ ∅)) → ∃!𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∀𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦)
Theorem	zmin 12863*	There is a unique smallest integer greater than or equal to a given real number. (Contributed by NM, 12-Nov-2004.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 13-Jun-2014.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℝ → ∃!𝑥 ∈ ℤ (𝐴 ≤ 𝑥 ∧ ∀𝑦 ∈ ℤ (𝐴 ≤ 𝑦 → 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦)))
Theorem	zmax 12864*	There is a unique largest integer less than or equal to a given real number. (Contributed by NM, 15-Nov-2004.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℝ → ∃!𝑥 ∈ ℤ (𝑥 ≤ 𝐴 ∧ ∀𝑦 ∈ ℤ (𝑦 ≤ 𝐴 → 𝑦 ≤ 𝑥)))
Theorem	zbtwnre 12865*	There is a unique integer between a real number and the number plus one. Exercise 5 of [Apostol] p. 28. (Contributed by NM, 13-Nov-2004.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℝ → ∃!𝑥 ∈ ℤ (𝐴 ≤ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑥 < (𝐴 + 1)))
Theorem	rebtwnz 12866*	There is a unique greatest integer less than or equal to a real number. Exercise 4 of [Apostol] p. 28. (Contributed by NM, 15-Nov-2004.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℝ → ∃!𝑥 ∈ ℤ (𝑥 ≤ 𝐴 ∧ 𝐴 < (𝑥 + 1)))
5.4.13  Rational numbers (as a subset of complex numbers)
Syntax	cq 12867	Extend class notation to include the class of rationals.
class ℚ
Definition	df-q 12868	Define the set of rational numbers. Based on definition of rationals in [Apostol] p. 22. See elq 12869 for the relation "is rational". (Contributed by NM, 8-Jan-2002.)
⊢ ℚ = ( / “ (ℤ × ℕ))
Theorem	elq 12869*	Membership in the set of rationals. (Contributed by NM, 8-Jan-2002.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 28-Jan-2014.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℚ ↔ ∃𝑥 ∈ ℤ ∃𝑦 ∈ ℕ 𝐴 = (𝑥 / 𝑦))
Theorem	qmulz 12870*	If 𝐴 is rational, then some integer multiple of it is an integer. (Contributed by NM, 7-Nov-2008.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 22-Jul-2014.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℚ → ∃𝑥 ∈ ℕ (𝐴 · 𝑥) ∈ ℤ)
Theorem	znq 12871	The ratio of an integer and a positive integer is a rational number. (Contributed by NM, 12-Jan-2002.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ ℤ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℕ) → (𝐴 / 𝐵) ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qre 12872	A rational number is a real number. (Contributed by NM, 14-Nov-2002.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℚ → 𝐴 ∈ ℝ)
Theorem	zq 12873	An integer is a rational number. (Contributed by NM, 9-Jan-2002.) (Proof shortened by Steven Nguyen, 23-Mar-2023.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℤ → 𝐴 ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qred 12874	A rational number is a real number. (Contributed by Glauco Siliprandi, 26-Jun-2021.)
⊢ (𝜑 → 𝐴 ∈ ℚ)    ⇒   ⊢ (𝜑 → 𝐴 ∈ ℝ)
Theorem	zssq 12875	The integers are a subset of the rationals. (Contributed by NM, 9-Jan-2002.)
⊢ ℤ ⊆ ℚ
Theorem	nn0ssq 12876	The nonnegative integers are a subset of the rationals. (Contributed by NM, 31-Jul-2004.)
⊢ ℕ0 ⊆ ℚ
Theorem	nnssq 12877	The positive integers are a subset of the rationals. (Contributed by NM, 31-Jul-2004.)
⊢ ℕ ⊆ ℚ
Theorem	qssre 12878	The rationals are a subset of the reals. (Contributed by NM, 9-Jan-2002.)
⊢ ℚ ⊆ ℝ
Theorem	qsscn 12879	The rationals are a subset of the complex numbers. (Contributed by NM, 2-Aug-2004.)
⊢ ℚ ⊆ ℂ
Theorem	qex 12880	The set of rational numbers exists. See also qexALT 12883. (Contributed by NM, 30-Jul-2004.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 17-Nov-2014.)
⊢ ℚ ∈ V
Theorem	nnq 12881	A positive integer is rational. (Contributed by NM, 17-Nov-2004.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℕ → 𝐴 ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qcn 12882	A rational number is a complex number. (Contributed by NM, 2-Aug-2004.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℚ → 𝐴 ∈ ℂ)
Theorem	qexALT 12883	Alternate proof of qex 12880. (Contributed by NM, 30-Jul-2004.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 16-Jun-2013.) (Proof modification is discouraged.) (New usage is discouraged.)
⊢ ℚ ∈ V
Theorem	qaddcl 12884	Closure of addition of rationals. (Contributed by NM, 1-Aug-2004.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ ℚ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℚ) → (𝐴 + 𝐵) ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qnegcl 12885	Closure law for the negative of a rational. (Contributed by NM, 2-Aug-2004.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Sep-2014.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℚ → -𝐴 ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qmulcl 12886	Closure of multiplication of rationals. (Contributed by NM, 1-Aug-2004.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ ℚ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℚ) → (𝐴 · 𝐵) ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qsubcl 12887	Closure of subtraction of rationals. (Contributed by NM, 2-Aug-2004.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ ℚ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℚ) → (𝐴 − 𝐵) ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qreccl 12888	Closure of reciprocal of rationals. (Contributed by NM, 3-Aug-2004.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ ℚ ∧ 𝐴 ≠ 0) → (1 / 𝐴) ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qdivcl 12889	Closure of division of rationals. (Contributed by NM, 3-Aug-2004.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ ℚ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℚ ∧ 𝐵 ≠ 0) → (𝐴 / 𝐵) ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	qrevaddcl 12890	Reverse closure law for addition of rationals. (Contributed by NM, 2-Aug-2004.)
⊢ (𝐵 ∈ ℚ → ((𝐴 ∈ ℂ ∧ (𝐴 + 𝐵) ∈ ℚ) ↔ 𝐴 ∈ ℚ))
Theorem	nnrecq 12891	The reciprocal of a positive integer is rational. (Contributed by NM, 17-Nov-2004.)
⊢ (𝐴 ∈ ℕ → (1 / 𝐴) ∈ ℚ)
Theorem	irradd 12892	The sum of an irrational number and a rational number is irrational. (Contributed by NM, 7-Nov-2008.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ (ℝ ∖ ℚ) ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℚ) → (𝐴 + 𝐵) ∈ (ℝ ∖ ℚ))
Theorem	irrmul 12893	The product of an irrational with a nonzero rational is irrational. (Contributed by NM, 7-Nov-2008.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ (ℝ ∖ ℚ) ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℚ ∧ 𝐵 ≠ 0) → (𝐴 · 𝐵) ∈ (ℝ ∖ ℚ))
Theorem	elpq 12894*	A positive rational is the quotient of two positive integers. (Contributed by AV, 29-Dec-2022.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ ℚ ∧ 0 < 𝐴) → ∃𝑥 ∈ ℕ ∃𝑦 ∈ ℕ 𝐴 = (𝑥 / 𝑦))
Theorem	elpqb 12895*	A class is a positive rational iff it is the quotient of two positive integers. (Contributed by AV, 30-Dec-2022.)
⊢ ((𝐴 ∈ ℚ ∧ 0 < 𝐴) ↔ ∃𝑥 ∈ ℕ ∃𝑦 ∈ ℕ 𝐴 = (𝑥 / 𝑦))
5.4.14  Existence of the set of complex numbers
Theorem	rpnnen1lem2 12896*	Lemma for rpnnen1 12902. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 12-May-2013.)
⊢ 𝑇 = {𝑛 ∈ ℤ ∣ (𝑛 / 𝑘) < 𝑥}    &   ⊢ 𝐹 = (𝑥 ∈ ℝ ↦ (𝑘 ∈ ℕ ↦ (sup(𝑇, ℝ, < ) / 𝑘)))    ⇒   ⊢ ((𝑥 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝑘 ∈ ℕ) → sup(𝑇, ℝ, < ) ∈ ℤ)
Theorem	rpnnen1lem1 12897*	Lemma for rpnnen1 12902. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 12-May-2013.) (Revised by NM, 13-Aug-2021.) (Proof modification is discouraged.)
⊢ 𝑇 = {𝑛 ∈ ℤ ∣ (𝑛 / 𝑘) < 𝑥}    &   ⊢ 𝐹 = (𝑥 ∈ ℝ ↦ (𝑘 ∈ ℕ ↦ (sup(𝑇, ℝ, < ) / 𝑘)))    &   ⊢ ℕ ∈ V    &   ⊢ ℚ ∈ V    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑥 ∈ ℝ → (𝐹‘𝑥) ∈ (ℚ ↑m ℕ))
Theorem	rpnnen1lem3 12898*	Lemma for rpnnen1 12902. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 12-May-2013.) (Revised by NM, 13-Aug-2021.) (Proof modification is discouraged.)
⊢ 𝑇 = {𝑛 ∈ ℤ ∣ (𝑛 / 𝑘) < 𝑥}    &   ⊢ 𝐹 = (𝑥 ∈ ℝ ↦ (𝑘 ∈ ℕ ↦ (sup(𝑇, ℝ, < ) / 𝑘)))    &   ⊢ ℕ ∈ V    &   ⊢ ℚ ∈ V    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑥 ∈ ℝ → ∀𝑛 ∈ ran (𝐹‘𝑥)𝑛 ≤ 𝑥)
Theorem	rpnnen1lem4 12899*	Lemma for rpnnen1 12902. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 12-May-2013.) (Revised by NM, 13-Aug-2021.) (Proof modification is discouraged.)
⊢ 𝑇 = {𝑛 ∈ ℤ ∣ (𝑛 / 𝑘) < 𝑥}    &   ⊢ 𝐹 = (𝑥 ∈ ℝ ↦ (𝑘 ∈ ℕ ↦ (sup(𝑇, ℝ, < ) / 𝑘)))    &   ⊢ ℕ ∈ V    &   ⊢ ℚ ∈ V    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑥 ∈ ℝ → sup(ran (𝐹‘𝑥), ℝ, < ) ∈ ℝ)
Theorem	rpnnen1lem5 12900*	Lemma for rpnnen1 12902. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 12-May-2013.) (Revised by NM, 13-Aug-2021.) (Proof modification is discouraged.)
⊢ 𝑇 = {𝑛 ∈ ℤ ∣ (𝑛 / 𝑘) < 𝑥}    &   ⊢ 𝐹 = (𝑥 ∈ ℝ ↦ (𝑘 ∈ ℕ ↦ (sup(𝑇, ℝ, < ) / 𝑘)))    &   ⊢ ℕ ∈ V    &   ⊢ ℚ ∈ V    ⇒   ⊢ (𝑥 ∈ ℝ → sup(ran (𝐹‘𝑥), ℝ, < ) = 𝑥)