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DefinitionDefinition: Literature-sourcedProof: Not applicableaudited 2026-07-25
How statement and proof provenance work

The first chip identifies the source of the statement or construction; the second identifies the source of its local proof or verification.

  • Literature-sourced: the exact statement appears in a cited source; only wording and notation differ.
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These labels describe origin, not correctness: citations and verification chips remain separate evidence.

Absolute value in an ordered field

Definition

Let F be an ordered field (Ordered field). The absolute value of x∈F is

∣x∣  :=  {xif x≥0,−xif x<0.

Remarks

  • The distance between x and y is ∣x−y∣.
  • The basic algebraic properties (∣x∣≥0, ∣x∣=0  ⟺  x=0, ∣xy∣=∣x∣ ∣y∣, and the characterisation ∣x∣<c  ⟺  −c<x<c) are established in Basic properties of the absolute value; the triangle inequality is The triangle inequality.

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