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Homework Statement
Hi everybody, I'm going through the book Fondations of Analysis by E. Landau. I'm trying to prove theorems by myself and then checking if they are correct. But i proved this theorem in a different way then the book and i need a check. thank you
Theorem 4
To every pair of numbers x,y we may assign an unique number x+y such that
1) for every x x+1=x'
2) for every x and y x+y'=(x+y)'
Homework Equations
Axiom 2
for each x there exist an unique number called the successor of x, denoted by x'
Axiom 4
if x'=y' then x=y
The Attempt at a Solution
I proved existence in the same way of the book and so i know it's right.
For uniqueness i did this.
Let's take x,y to be arbitrary natural numbers.
We assume there there exist z and w such that x+y = z and x+y = w and that they satisfies properties 1) and 2).
By axiom 2
(x+y)' = z and (x+y)' = w'
Then by property 2)
x+y' = (x+y)' = z'
= w'
and by axiom 4
z = w
The book prove this by induction, so maybe i missed something.