Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem clel3

Description: An alternate definition of class membership when the class is a set. (Contributed by NM, 18-Aug-1993)

Ref Expression
Hypothesis clel3.1
|- B e. _V
Assertion clel3
|- ( A e. B <-> E. x ( x = B /\ A e. x ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 clel3.1
 |-  B e. _V
2 clel3g
 |-  ( B e. _V -> ( A e. B <-> E. x ( x = B /\ A e. x ) ) )
3 1 2 ax-mp
 |-  ( A e. B <-> E. x ( x = B /\ A e. x ) )