Legendre formula gives
whose summands are zero or one. If the sum is at least , some nonzero summand has index , whence .
Grouping the von Mangoldt function by prime gives
Every prime-power contribution to occurs in by the first part. Finally , so .
Hall marriage theorem states that a bipartite graph with parts has a matching saturating iff for every . Starting with a maximum matching, an unmatched vertex and its alternating reachable set would violate Hall unless an augmenting path exists; flipping along that path increases the matching, proving sufficiency.
Every vertex cover meets each edge of a matching, so . Endpoints of a maximal matching cover every edge, so . A disjoint union of triangles has . For , and . In bipartite graphs the alternating-path proof constructs a cover of size equal to a maximum matching, giving König theorem.
The chromatic index is the minimum number of matchings partitioning the edges. Label vertices of by the vector space over ; for each nonzero , pair with . These perfect matchings partition all edges, while degree gives the matching lower bound, so .
Axiom of foundation says every nonempty set contains with . Define , , and (including if that convention is desired). Replacement and union form this set, and it is transitive; induction shows every transitive set containing contains it.
The principle of membership induction says that if for every , then holds for every set. Otherwise Foundation applied to the set of counterexamples in a suitable transitive closure gives a minimal counterexample.
Apply induction to . If it holds for all , then extensionality and preservation plus surjectivity give iff for some , iff . Hence .

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