Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem peano3

Description: The successor of any natural number is not zero. One of Peano's five postulates for arithmetic. Proposition 7.30(3) of TakeutiZaring p. 42. (Contributed by NM, 3-Sep-2003) Avoid ax-nul . (Revised by Umit Teoman Dogan, 10-Jun-2026)

Ref Expression
Assertion peano3
|- ( A e. _om -> suc A =/= (/) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 sucidg
 |-  ( A e. _om -> A e. suc A )
2 1 ne0d
 |-  ( A e. _om -> suc A =/= (/) )