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I am reading Manfred Stoll's Book: "Introduction to Real Analysis" ... and am currently focused on Chapteer 4: Limits and Continuity ...
I need some help with an inequality involving absolute values in Example 4.1.2 (a) ...
Example 4.1.2 (a) ... reads as follows:
In the above text we read ...
"... If ## \mid x - p \lvert \ \lt 1## then ##\mid x \mid \lt \mid p \mid + 1 ## ... "Can someone please show me how to rigorously prove the above statement ...
Peter
I need some help with an inequality involving absolute values in Example 4.1.2 (a) ...
Example 4.1.2 (a) ... reads as follows:
"... If ## \mid x - p \lvert \ \lt 1## then ##\mid x \mid \lt \mid p \mid + 1 ## ... "Can someone please show me how to rigorously prove the above statement ...
Peter