Description: Left module vector sum is associative. (Contributed by NM, 10-Jan-2014) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 19-Jun-2014)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypotheses | lmodvacl.v | |- V = ( Base ` W ) | |
| lmodvacl.a | |- .+ = ( +g ` W ) | ||
| Assertion | lmodass | |- ( ( W e. LMod /\ ( X e. V /\ Y e. V /\ Z e. V ) ) -> ( ( X .+ Y ) .+ Z ) = ( X .+ ( Y .+ Z ) ) ) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lmodvacl.v | |- V = ( Base ` W ) | |
| 2 | lmodvacl.a | |- .+ = ( +g ` W ) | |
| 3 | lmodgrp | |- ( W e. LMod -> W e. Grp ) | |
| 4 | 1 2 | grpass | |- ( ( W e. Grp /\ ( X e. V /\ Y e. V /\ Z e. V ) ) -> ( ( X .+ Y ) .+ Z ) = ( X .+ ( Y .+ Z ) ) ) | 
| 5 | 3 4 | sylan | |- ( ( W e. LMod /\ ( X e. V /\ Y e. V /\ Z e. V ) ) -> ( ( X .+ Y ) .+ Z ) = ( X .+ ( Y .+ Z ) ) ) |