let a be Real; :: thesis: for n, x, y being positive Nat st a > 0 & 2 <= n & (x |^ n) - (y |^ n) = a holds
( x < (n - 1) -Root a & y < (n - 1) -Root a )

let n, x, y be positive Nat; :: thesis: ( a > 0 & 2 <= n & (x |^ n) - (y |^ n) = a implies ( x < (n - 1) -Root a & y < (n - 1) -Root a ) )
assume that
A1: a > 0 and
A2: 2 <= n and
A3: (x |^ n) - (y |^ n) = a ; :: thesis: ( x < (n - 1) -Root a & y < (n - 1) -Root a )
set F = (x,y) Subnomial (n - 1);
A4: 2 - 1 <= n - 1 by A2, XREAL_1:7;
A5: a = (x - y) * (Sum ((x,y) Subnomial (n - 1))) by A3, NEWTON04:51;
then A6: x - y > 0 by A1;
then reconsider w = x - y as Element of NAT by INT_1:3;
w >= 0 + 1 by A6, NAT_1:13;
then A7: Sum ((x,y) Subnomial (n - 1)) <= 1 * a by A5, XREAL_1:97;
(x |^ (n - 1)) + (y |^ (n - 1)) <= Sum ((x,y) Subnomial (n - 1)) by A4, NEWTON04:84;
then A8: (x |^ (n - 1)) + (y |^ (n - 1)) <= a by A7, XXREAL_0:2;
( (x |^ (n - 1)) + 0 < (x |^ (n - 1)) + (y |^ (n - 1)) & (y |^ (n - 1)) + 0 < (x |^ (n - 1)) + (y |^ (n - 1)) ) by XREAL_1:6;
then ( x |^ (n - 1) < a & y |^ (n - 1) < a ) by A8, XXREAL_0:2;
then ( (n - 1) -Root (x |^ (n - 1)) < (n - 1) -Root a & (n - 1) -Root (y |^ (n - 1)) < (n - 1) -Root a ) by A4, PREPOWER:28;
hence ( x < (n - 1) -Root a & y < (n - 1) -Root a ) by A4, PREPOWER:19; :: thesis: verum