Description: The product of two non-zero surreals is non-zero. (Contributed by Scott Fenton, 16-Apr-2025)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypotheses | muls0ord.1 | |- ( ph -> A e. No ) | |
| muls0ord.2 | |- ( ph -> B e. No ) | ||
| Assertion | mulsne0bd | |- ( ph -> ( ( A x.s B ) =/= 0s <-> ( A =/= 0s /\ B =/= 0s ) ) ) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | muls0ord.1 | |- ( ph -> A e. No ) | |
| 2 | muls0ord.2 | |- ( ph -> B e. No ) | |
| 3 | 1 2 | muls0ord | |- ( ph -> ( ( A x.s B ) = 0s <-> ( A = 0s \/ B = 0s ) ) ) | 
| 4 | 3 | necon3abid | |- ( ph -> ( ( A x.s B ) =/= 0s <-> -. ( A = 0s \/ B = 0s ) ) ) | 
| 5 | neanior | |- ( ( A =/= 0s /\ B =/= 0s ) <-> -. ( A = 0s \/ B = 0s ) ) | |
| 6 | 4 5 | bitr4di | |- ( ph -> ( ( A x.s B ) =/= 0s <-> ( A =/= 0s /\ B =/= 0s ) ) ) |