scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1296844

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The Continuous Induction is the following statement equivalent to the Dedekind Axiom: Assume that \(P_x\) is a condition concerning a real number \(x\) such that (1) there is \(x_0\) such that \(P_x\) holds for every \(x<x_0\); (2) if \(P_x\) holds for all \(x<y\), then there is \(\delta_y>0\) such that \(P_x\) is true for every \(x<y+\delta_y\). Then \(P_x\) holds for every real number \(x\). This principle was introduced in \textit{Jingzhong Zhang} [``Research on educational mathematics, Sichuan Educational Press, Chengdu (Chinese) (1994)]. In this paper the authors employ the Continuous Induction in proofs of basic theorems concerning the structure of the real line and properties of continuous functions defined on a compact interval.











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