Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem 19.9h

Description: A wff may be existentially quantified with a variable not free in it. Theorem 19.9 of Margaris p. 89. (Contributed by FL, 24-Mar-2007) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 5-Jan-2018) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 14-Jul-2020)

Ref Expression
Hypothesis 19.9h.1
|- ( ph -> A. x ph )
Assertion 19.9h
|- ( E. x ph <-> ph )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 19.9h.1
 |-  ( ph -> A. x ph )
2 1 nf5i
 |-  F/ x ph
3 2 19.9
 |-  ( E. x ph <-> ph )