Power Function on Base Greater than One is Strictly Increasing/Integer

Theorem
Let $a \in \R$ be a real number such that $a > 1$.

Let $f: \Z \to \R$ be the real-valued function defined as:
 * $\map f k = a^k$

where $a^k$ denotes $a$ to the power of $k$.

Then $f$ is strictly decreasing.

Proof
Let $a > 1$.

By Power Function on Base Greater than One is Strictly Increasing: Positive Integer, the theorem is already proven for positive integers.

It remains to be proven over the strictly negative integers.

Let $i, j$ be integers such that $i < j < 0$.

From Order of Real Numbers is Dual of Order of their Negatives:
 * $0 < -j < -i$

So: