Quantcast
Channel: Induction, Well-Ordering, and my Failed Proof Attempt - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 2 View Live

Answer by celtschk for Induction, Well-Ordering, and my Failed Proof Attempt

As Max noted in the comments, you only have proved that any finite nonempty subset of $\mathbb N$ has a minimal element.Note that also every finite subset of $\mathbb R$ has a minimal element, and yet...

View Article



Induction, Well-Ordering, and my Failed Proof Attempt

I recognize there are posts already generally on the logical equivalence of induction and the well-ordering principle, however, I'd really appreciate some advice for finding the monster lurking...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 2 View Live




Latest Images

<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>
<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596344.js" async> </script>