Description: Composition with the reflexive-transitive closure absorbs the reflexive closure. (Contributed by RP, 13-Jun-2020)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assertion | cortrclrcl | |- ( t* o. r* ) = t* |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cotrclrcl | |- ( t+ o. r* ) = t* |
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| 2 | 1 | eqcomi | |- t* = ( t+ o. r* ) |
| 3 | 2 | coeq1i | |- ( t* o. r* ) = ( ( t+ o. r* ) o. r* ) |
| 4 | coass | |- ( ( t+ o. r* ) o. r* ) = ( t+ o. ( r* o. r* ) ) |
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| 5 | corclrcl | |- ( r* o. r* ) = r* |
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| 6 | 5 | coeq2i | |- ( t+ o. ( r* o. r* ) ) = ( t+ o. r* ) |
| 7 | 6 1 | eqtri | |- ( t+ o. ( r* o. r* ) ) = t* |
| 8 | 4 7 | eqtri | |- ( ( t+ o. r* ) o. r* ) = t* |
| 9 | 3 8 | eqtri | |- ( t* o. r* ) = t* |