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Least But Not The Last (Posted on 2003-05-08)

Prove that every Non-Empty set of Positive Integers contains a "Least Element".

See The Solution Submitted by Ravi Raja

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I think f.l.'s solution is more clear than the posted solution (though it is certainly not "better", as a proof, if valid, is a proof)

Posted by Cory Taylor on 2003-05-13 11:40:47

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