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Properties of the Canonical Map from the Natural Numbers to an Ordered Field
lemmalem:natural-number-image-properties-2026aAnalysis Algebra
Let $F$ be an ordered field, with the addition, multiplication, additive identity $0$ , multiplicative identity $1$ and multiplicative inverses $a^{-1}$ of the underlying field, and with its order $\le$ ; for $a,b\in F$ write $a<b$ to mean $a\le b$ and $a\ne b$ . Let $\mathbb{N}$ be…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-16T20:02:46.097843Z
The Canonical Map from the Natural Numbers to a Field
definitiondef:natural-number-image-field-2026aAlgebra Set Theory
Let $K$ be a field with multiplicative identity $1$ , let $\mathbb{N}$ be the set of natural numbers, and for $n\in\mathbb{N}$ let $[n]$ be the initial segment of $\mathbb{N}$ determined by $n$ . For $n\in\mathbb{N}$ let $u^{n}:[n]\to K$ be the map with $u^{n}_{k}=1$ for every…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-16T20:02:31.475274Z
Uniqueness of the Supremum and of the Infimum
lemmalem:supremum-infimum-unique-2026aAnalysis Algebra
Let $A$ be a set equipped with a total order $\le$ , and let $X\subseteq A$ . Then $X$ has at most one least upper bound in $A$ , and at most one greatest lower bound in $A$ . Accordingly, when a least upper bound of $X$ exists it is denoted $\sup X$ , and when a greatest lower bound…
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Authors Aaron, Claude-agent-v1 · Created 2026-08-16T02:35:39.909782Z
Lower Bound and Greatest Lower Bound in a Totally Ordered Set
definitiondef:lower-bound-infimum-total-order-2026aAnalysis Algebra
Let $A$ be a set equipped with a total order $\le$ , and let $X\subseteq A$ . An element $\ell\in A$ is a lower bound for $X$ if $\ell\le x$ for every $x\in X$ . If such an $\ell$ exists, then $X$ is bounded below. An element $m\in A$ is a greatest lower bound, or infimum, of $X$ if…
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Authors Aaron, Claude-agent-v1 · Created 2026-08-16T02:35:29.528534Z
Elementary Properties of the Minimum of Two Elements
lemmalem:minimum-two-elements-properties-2026aAlgebra Logic
Let $S$ be a set equipped with a total order $\le$ , let $a,b,c\in S$ , let $\min\{a,b\}$ denote the minimum of $a$ and $b$ , and let $\max\{a,b\}$ denote their maximum. Then the following hold. 1. (Lower bound) $\min\{a,b\}\le a$ and $\min\{a,b\}\le b$ . 2. (Attainment)…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-16T02:34:49.793426Z
Minimum of Two Elements of a Totally Ordered Set
definitiondef:minimum-two-elements-2026aAlgebra Logic
Let $S$ be a set equipped with a total order $\le$ , and let $a,b\in S$ . The minimum of $a$ and $b$ , written $\min\{a,b\}$ , is the element of $S$ defined as follows: if $a\le b$ , then $\min\{a,b\}$ is $a$ ; otherwise $\min\{a,b\}$ is $b$ .
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-16T02:34:38.053192Z
Elementary Properties of the Maximum of Two Elements
lemmalem:maximum-two-elements-properties-2026aAlgebra Logic
Let $S$ be a set equipped with a total order $\le$ , let $a,b,c\in S$ , and let $\max\{a,b\}$ denote the maximum of $a$ and $b$ . Then the following hold. 1. (Upper bound) $a\le\max\{a,b\}$ and $b\le\max\{a,b\}$ . 2. (Attainment) $\max\{a,b\}=a$ or $\max\{a,b\}=b$ .…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-16T01:10:22.558946Z
Maximum of Two Elements of a Totally Ordered Set
definitiondef:maximum-two-elements-2026aAlgebra Logic
Let $S$ be a set equipped with a total order $\le$ , and let $a,b\in S$ . The maximum of $a$ and $b$ , written $\max\{a,b\}$ , is the element of $S$ defined as follows: if $a\le b$ , then $\max\{a,b\}$ is $b$ ; otherwise $\max\{a,b\}$ is $a$ .
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Authors Aaron, Claude-agent-v1 · Created 2026-08-16T01:10:18.422045Z
Nonnegativity of Squares in an Ordered Field
lemmalem:square-nonnegative-ordered-field-2026aAnalysis Algebra
Let $F$ together with $\le$ be an ordered field, with additive identity $0$ . For $t\in F$ write $t^{2}$ for $t\cdot t$ , and write $|t|$ for the absolute value of $t$ . Let $t\in F$ . Then the following hold. 1. (Agreement with the absolute value) $t^{2}=|t|^{2}$ .…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-15T23:42:46.251092Z
Additive Cancellation and Elementary Additive Identities in a Field
lemmalem:field-additive-identities-2026aAlgebra
Let $K$ be a field, with additive identity $0$ and with the additive inverse $-x$ of an element $x$ as in that definition, and write $x-y$ for $x+(-y)$ . Let $x,y,z\in K$ . Then the following hold. 1. (Uniqueness of additive inverses) If $x+y=0$ , then $y=-x$ and $x=-y$ .…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-15T22:44:55.627752Z
Monotonicity of Squaring on the Nonnegative Elements of an Ordered Field
lemmalem:squares-monotone-nonnegative-2026aAnalysis Algebra
Let $F$ together with $\le$ be an ordered field, with additive identity $0$ , and for $s,t\in F$ let $s<t$ denote the associated strict order, that is, $s\le t$ together with $s\ne t$ . For $\gamma\in F$ write $\gamma^{2}$ for $\gamma\cdot\gamma$ . Let $\alpha,\beta\in F$ satisfy…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-11T01:55:17.250138Z
Elementary Order Arithmetic in an Ordered Field
lemmalem:ordered-field-order-arithmetic-2026aAnalysis Algebra
Let $F$ together with $\le$ be an ordered field, with additive identity $0$ and multiplicative identity $1$ , and with the addition and multiplication of its underlying field; its order $\le$ is in particular a total order. For $a,b\in F$ write $a<b$ to mean that $a\le b$ and…
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Authors Aaron, Claude-agent-v1 · Created 2026-08-10T21:49:20.895415Z
Zero Products and Elementary Identities in a Field
lemmalem:field-zero-product-2026aAnalysis Algebra
Let $F$ be a field, with additive identity $0$ , multiplicative identity $1$ , additive inverse $-x$ of an element $x$ , and multiplicative inverse $x^{-1}$ of an element $x\ne0$ . Write $x-y=x+(-y)$ and $x^{2}=x\cdot x$ ; a sum of three terms is written without brackets, which is una…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-07T19:36:51.708866Z
Eigenvalue of a Linear Operator
definitiondef:eigenvalue-of-operator-2026aAlgebra Linear Algebra
Let $V$ be a complex vector space, let $T$ be a linear operator on $V$ , and let $\mu$ be a complex number. The number $\mu$ is an eigenvalue of $T$ if there exists a vector $x\in V$ that is an eigenvector of $T$ with eigenvalue $\mu$ .
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-07T18:54:53.871468Z
Eigenvector with Eigenvalue
definitiondef:eigenvector-eigenvalue-2026aAlgebra Linear Algebra
Let $V$ be a complex vector space with zero vector $0_{V}$ , let $T$ be a linear operator on $V$ , let $\lambda$ be a complex number, and let $x\in V$ . The vector $x$ is an eigenvector of $T$ with eigenvalue $\lambda$ if $x\ne 0_{V}$ and $T(x)=\lambda x .$
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-04T01:35:49.959830Z
Elementary Arithmetic in an Ordered Field
lemmalem:ordered-field-arithmetic-2026aAnalysis Algebra
Let $F$ be an ordered field, with the additive identity $0$ , multiplicative identity $1$ , additive inverses $-x$ and multiplicative inverses $x^{-1}$ of a field, and with its order $\le$ ; write $x-y=x+(-y)$ . Let $a,b,x,y\in F$ . Then the following hold.…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-04T01:35:46.545206Z
A Finite Spanning Family Contains a Basis
lemmalem:spanning-family-contains-basis-2026aAlgebra Linear Algebra
Let $K$ be a field, let $V$ be a vector space over $K$ with zero vector $0_{V}$ , and suppose $V\ne\{0_{V}\}$ . Let $n$ be a natural number and let $v\in V^{n}$ be an $n$ -tuple in $V$ that spans $V$ . Then there are a natural number $r$ with $r\le n$ , in the order on $\mathbb{N}$ ,…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-04T01:14:17.189462Z
Elementary Properties of Linear Independence
lemmalem:linear-independence-elementary-2026aAlgebra Linear Algebra
Let $K$ be a field, let $V$ be a vector space over $K$ with zero vector $0_{V}$ , let $n$ be a natural number with the order relations $<$ and $\le$ , and let $v\in V^{n}$ be an $n$ -tuple in $V$ . For $j\in[n]$ , with $[j]$ the initial segment determined by $j$ , write…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-04T00:54:42.140133Z
A Finite Sum of Vectors with Vanishing Tail
lemmalem:finite-sum-vanishing-tail-2026aAlgebra Linear Algebra
Let $K$ be a field, let $V$ be a vector space over $K$ with zero vector $0_{V}$ , let $n$ be a natural number, let $[n]$ be the initial segment it determines, and let $<$ be the strict order on $\mathbb{N}$ . Let $u\in V^{n}$ be an $n$ -tuple in $V$ and let $j\in[n]$ be such that…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-04T00:53:36.760059Z
Interchange of a Finite Double Sum
lemmalem:finite-double-sum-interchange-2026aAlgebra
Let $K$ be a field, let $m,n$ be natural numbers, and let $[m]$ and $[n]$ be the initial segments they determine. Let $a\in(K^{n})^{m}$ be an $m$ -tuple of $n$ -tuples in $K$ , with components $(a_{j})_{k}$ for $j\in[m]$ and $k\in[n]$ , and let $b\in K^{m}$ and $c\in K^{n}$ be given…
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Authors Claude-agent-v1, Aaron · Created 2026-08-04T00:17:40.814743Z

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Properties of the Canonical Map from the Natural Numbers to an Ordered Field

The Canonical Map from the Natural Numbers to a Field

Uniqueness of the Supremum and of the Infimum

Lower Bound and Greatest Lower Bound in a Totally Ordered Set

Elementary Properties of the Minimum of Two Elements

Minimum of Two Elements of a Totally Ordered Set

Elementary Properties of the Maximum of Two Elements

Maximum of Two Elements of a Totally Ordered Set

Nonnegativity of Squares in an Ordered Field

Additive Cancellation and Elementary Additive Identities in a Field

Monotonicity of Squaring on the Nonnegative Elements of an Ordered Field

Elementary Order Arithmetic in an Ordered Field

Zero Products and Elementary Identities in a Field

Eigenvalue of a Linear Operator

Eigenvector with Eigenvalue

Elementary Arithmetic in an Ordered Field

A Finite Spanning Family Contains a Basis

Elementary Properties of Linear Independence

A Finite Sum of Vectors with Vanishing Tail

Interchange of a Finite Double Sum