Define an integer k to be odd if k - 1 is even. Write up a formal proof of the following, usingan indirect proof:Claim: For any natural numbers m and n, if m is odd and n is odd, then mn is even.(Notice--this is not hard to prove, but make sure that you are using a proof by contradiction.And use the official definitions of even and odd.)

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