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## [Integer: deciding membership, the meaning of the minus sign, and closure under negation](/en/derivations/derivation-mko-integer-01/?from=%2Fen%2Fderivations%2F%3Fq%3Dmko-integer)

Inside the reals, take Z={0}∪N⁺∪{−n ∣ n∈N⁺} (N contains 0 by the OCME convention, N⁺=N∖{0}, and −n is the additive inverse of n). Prove −7∈Z; show that the decimal numeral '3.0' denotes the integer 3; prove −2.5∉Z; prove −(−a)=a from uniqueness of additive inverses, in particular −(−4)=4; prove −z∈Z for every z∈Z; and use 5−8=5+(−8)=−3 to tell binary subtraction from the unary minus sign.

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