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Constructing x+1x+1 creates a contradiction because the proof initially assumes that xx is the last natural number. However, by adding 1 to xx, we get x+1x+1, which is still a natural number and is strictly larger than xx.

Conditions: The proof assumes there is a finite amount of N\mathbb{N}.; xx is defined as the last natural number under this assumption.; The arithmetic property used is that if x∈Nx \in \mathbb{N}, then x+1∈Nx+1 \in \mathbb{N} and x+1>xx+1 > x.