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well-ordering principle

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Statement that all sets of positive numbers contains a least element

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mathematical induction

International Standard Book Number

Pierre de Fermat

mathematical proof

digital object identifier

International Standard Serial Number

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Mathematical principles Wellfoundedness

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computable number

proof of impossibility

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Bézout's identity

well-ordering theorem

The Fermat method

Euclidean algorithm

mathematical induction

Euclidean division

free abelian group

structural induction

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