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<div><span class="kw">theorem </span><a NAME="T17"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">:: POWER:17</font></span><br/></a><div class="add"> for <font color="Olive" title="b1">a</font>, <font color="Olive" title="b2">b</font> being   <a href="xreal_0.html#NM1" title="XREAL_0:NM.1">Real</a><br/>  for <font color="Olive" title="b3">n</font> being   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM6" title="ORDINAL1:NM.6">Nat</a>  st <font color="Olive" title="b1">a</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR3" title="XXREAL_0:NR.3">&lt;</a> <font color="Olive" title="b2">b</font> &amp; ( ( <font color="Olive" title="b1">a</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR2" title="XXREAL_0:NR.2">&gt;=</a>  <a href="numbers.html#K5" title="NUMBERS:func.5">0</a>  &amp; <font color="Olive" title="b3">n</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR2" title="XXREAL_0:NR.2">&gt;=</a> 1 ) or <font color="Olive" title="b3">n</font> is  <a href="abian.html#NV2" title="ABIAN:NV.2">odd</a>  ) holds <br/><font color="Olive" title="b3">n</font> <a href="power.html#K1" title="POWER:func.1">-root</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">a</font> <a href="xxreal_0.html#NR3" title="XXREAL_0:NR.3">&lt;</a> <font color="Olive" title="b3">n</font> <a href="power.html#K1" title="POWER:func.1">-root</a> <font color="Olive" title="b2">b</font></div></div>
