There is no smallest integer \(k\) because
\[\begin{equation*} \forall k \in \mathbb{Z} \quad \exists \ell \in \mathbb{Z} \quad (\ell < k), \end{equation*} \]
that is
for every integer \(k\), there exists some integer \(\ell\) smaller than \(k\),
such as \(\ell = k - 1\).