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# Negation Introduction
This is also known as _proof by contradiction_. You start with an assumption
declared in a sub-proof. If you can derive a contradiction from this assumption
(typically from the introduction of another proposition and its negation), then
you are permitted to derive the negation of the auxiliary assumption in the main
proof.
![](static/negate-intro.png)