Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications ( 8th International Edition ) ISBN:9781260091991
Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications ( 8th International Edition ) ISBN:9781260091991
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Author: Kenneth H Rosen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 39E

you u se th e well - ord ering pr operty to pr o v e th e statem ent: "Every positive integer can be described usingno morethan fifteen English words? Assume the words comefrom aparticular dictionary of English. [Hint: Suppose that there are posintive integers that cannot be described using no more than fifteen Englishwords, By well ordering,the smallest positive integer that cannot be describedusing no more than fifteen English words then exist]

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