(i) Proof by cases/exhaustion:
x,y≥0
[x≥0∧y≥0⟹x=∣x∣∧y=∣y∣]⟹∣xy∣=xy=∣x∣⋅∣y∣x,y≤0
[x≤0∧y≤0⟹−x=∣x∣∧−y=∣y∣]⟹∣xy∣=xy=−x⋅−y=∣x∣⋅∣y∣x≥0,y≤0
[x≥0∧y≤0⟹x=∣x∣∧−y=∣y∣]⟹∣xy∣=x⋅−y=∣x∣⋅∣y∣We can ignore the case x≤0,y≥0 as it would be treated
by the third one, if the starting inequalities' variables were
interchanged.
(ii)
∣x1∣=∣1⋅x−1∣=∣1∣⋅∣x−1∣=1⋅∣x−1∣=∣x∣1(i)(iii)
∣y∣∣x∣=∣x∣∣y∣−1=∣x∣∣y−1∣=∣yx∣(ii)(i)(iv)
∣x+z∣≤∣x∣+∣z∣⟹∣x+z∣≤∣x∣+∣−z∣⟹∣x+(−y)∣≤∣x∣+∣y∣⟹∣x−y∣≤∣x∣+∣y∣z=−y(v)
∣x∣=∣(x−y)+y∣⟹∣x∣−∣y∣≤∣x−y∣+∣y∣≤∣x−y∣Triangle inequality(vi)
∣x∣−∣y∣≤∣x−y∣⟹∣y∣−∣x∣≤∣y−x∣⟹∣y∣−∣x∣≤∣−(x−y)∣⟹∣y∣−∣x∣≤∣x−y∣⟹−∣x−y∣ leq∣x∣−∣y∣⟹−∣x−y∣≤∣x∣−∣y∣≤∣x−y∣⟹∣∣x∣−∣y∣∣≤∣x−y∣Interchanging x,y(v)(vii)
∣x+y∣≤∣x∣+∣y∣⟹∣x+y∣+∣z∣⟹∣(x+y)+z∣≤∣x+y∣+∣z∣≤∣x∣+∣y∣+∣z∣≤∣x∣+∣y∣+∣z∣Triangle inequality