Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem ab0orv

Description: The class abstraction defined by a formula not containing the abstraction variable is either the empty set or the universal class. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 29-Aug-2013) (Revised by BJ, 22-Mar-2020)

Ref Expression
Assertion ab0orv
|- ( { x | ph } = _V \/ { x | ph } = (/) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 nfv
 |-  F/ x ph
2 dfnf5
 |-  ( F/ x ph <-> ( { x | ph } = _V \/ { x | ph } = (/) ) )
3 1 2 mpbi
 |-  ( { x | ph } = _V \/ { x | ph } = (/) )