Real Analysis I · Proof Foundations
Negating alternating quantifiers
Problem
Negate: “For every $x\in\mathbb R$ there exists $n\in\mathbb N$ such that $n>x$.” Explain what a counterexample would have to provide.
Hint
Switch the outer universal quantifier to an existential one.
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