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Section 5.6 ChapterĀ 5 Summary

Subsection Important Definitions

Subsection Important Theorems and Results about Sets

Subsection Important Proof Method

Subsubsection The Choose-an-Element Method

The choose-an-element method is frequently used when we encounter a universal quantifier in a statement in the backward process of a proof. This statement often has the form

For each elemet with a given property, something happens.
In the forward process of the proof, we then choose an arbitrary element with the given property.
Whenever we choose an arbitrary element with a given property, we are not selecting a specific element. Rather, the only thing we can assume about the element is the given property.
For more information, see The Choose-an-Element Method.