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Help with a logical derivation of set theoretical statement
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[QUOTE="julypraise, post: 3133575, member: 186357"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] This is actually from the proof of Dedekind's cut in Rudin's [I]Principles of Mathematical analysis[/I] on the page 19. It says when [tex]\alpha\in\mathbb{R}[/tex] ([tex]\alpha[/tex] is a cut) is fixed, [tex]\beta[/tex] is the set of all [tex]p[/tex] with the following property: [CENTER]There exists [tex]r>0[/tex] such that [tex]-p-r\notin\alpha[/tex].[/CENTER] From the given above, I need to derive that [CENTER]if [tex]q\in\alpha[/tex], then [tex]q\notin\beta[/tex].[/CENTER] But I cannot reach this statement as my explanation for this is in the below. [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] The draft I have done so far is that, as defining [tex]\beta[/tex] such that [CENTER][tex]\beta=\left\{p|\exists r\in\mathbb{Q} (r>0 \wedge -p-r \notin \alpha)\right\}[/tex],[/CENTER] I derived [CENTER][tex]p \notin \beta \leftrightarrow \forall r \in \mathbb{Q} (r>0 \to -p-r\in\alpha)[/tex].[/CENTER] And I'm stucked here. From the last statement, I cannot derive the conclusion I was meant to derive. If anyone gives me help, I will give thanks. [/QUOTE]
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