Natural Numbers form Inductive Set

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Theorem

Let $\N$ denote the natural numbers as subset of the real numbers $\R$.


Then $\N$ is an inductive set.


Proof 1

By definition of the natural numbers:

$\N = \ds \bigcap \II$

where $\II$ is the collection of all inductive sets.


Suppose that $n \in \N$.

Then by definition of intersection:

$\forall I \in \II: n \in I$

Because all these $I$ are inductive:

$\forall I \in \II: n + 1 \in I$

Again by definition of intersection:

$n + 1 \in \N$

$\blacksquare$


Proof 2

By the given definition of the natural numbers:

$\N = \bigcap \II$

where $\II$ is the collection of all inductive sets.


The result is a direct application of Intersection of Inductive Set as Subset of Real Numbers is Inductive Set.

$\blacksquare$


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