English
Let a be an element of a C*-algebra A with a ≥ 1. Then the map n ↦ a^n is monotone in n: if n ≤ m then a^n ≤ a^m.
Русский
Пусть a ∈ A satisfies a ≥ 1; тогда отображение n ↦ a^n монотонно по n: если n ≤ m, то a^n ≤ a^m.
LaTeX
$$$a \\ge 1 \\Rightarrow (n \\mapsto a^{n}) \\text{ is Monotone on } \\mathbb{N}.$$$
Lean4
theorem pow_monotone {a : A} (ha : 1 ≤ a) : Monotone (a ^ · : ℕ → A) :=
by
have ha' : 0 ≤ a := zero_le_one.trans ha
intro n m hnm
simp only
rw [← cfc_pow_id (R := ℝ) a, ← cfc_pow_id (R := ℝ) a, cfc_le_iff ..]
rw [CFC.one_le_iff (R := ℝ) a] at ha
peel ha with x hx _
exact pow_le_pow_right₀ (ha x hx) hnm