Description: Composition with the reflexive-transitive closure absorbs the reflexive closure. (Contributed by RP, 13-Jun-2020)
Ref | Expression | ||
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Assertion | cortrclrcl | |- ( t* o. r* ) = t* |
Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
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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* |