Real Addition is Associative

Theorem
The operation of addition on the set of real numbers $\R$ is associative:
 * $\forall x, y, z \in \R: x + \paren {y + z} = \paren {x + y} + z$

Proof
From the definition, the real numbers are the set of all equivalence classes $\eqclass {\sequence {x_n} } {}$ of Cauchy sequences of rational numbers.

Let $x = \eqclass {\sequence {x_n} } {}, y = \eqclass {\sequence {y_n} } {}, z = \eqclass {\sequence {z_n} } {}$, where $\eqclass {\sequence {x_n} } {}$, $\eqclass {\sequence {y_n} } {}$ and $\eqclass {\sequence {z_n} } {}$ are such equivalence classes.

From the definition of real addition, $x + y$ is defined as $\eqclass {\sequence {x_n} } {} + \eqclass {\sequence {y_n} } {} = \eqclass {\sequence {x_n + y_n} } {}$.

Thus we have: