Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem ringen1zr0

Description: The only unital ring with one element is the zero ring (at least if its operations are internal binary operations). This holds already for nonunital rings, see rngen1zr0 , and semirings, see srgen1zr0 . (Contributed by FL, 15-Feb-2010) (Revised by AV, 25-Jan-2020) (Proof shortened by AV, 19-Jun-2026)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses ring1zr.b
|- B = ( Base ` R )
ring1zr.p
|- .+ = ( +g ` R )
ring1zr.t
|- .* = ( .r ` R )
ringen1zr0.0
|- Z = ( 0g ` R )
Assertion ringen1zr0
|- ( ( R e. Ring /\ .+ Fn ( B X. B ) /\ .* Fn ( B X. B ) ) -> ( B ~~ 1o <-> ( .+ = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } /\ .* = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 ring1zr.b
 |-  B = ( Base ` R )
2 ring1zr.p
 |-  .+ = ( +g ` R )
3 ring1zr.t
 |-  .* = ( .r ` R )
4 ringen1zr0.0
 |-  Z = ( 0g ` R )
5 ringrng
 |-  ( R e. Ring -> R e. Rng )
6 1 2 3 4 rngen1zr0
 |-  ( ( R e. Rng /\ .+ Fn ( B X. B ) /\ .* Fn ( B X. B ) ) -> ( B ~~ 1o <-> ( .+ = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } /\ .* = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } ) ) )
7 5 6 syl3an1
 |-  ( ( R e. Ring /\ .+ Fn ( B X. B ) /\ .* Fn ( B X. B ) ) -> ( B ~~ 1o <-> ( .+ = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } /\ .* = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } ) ) )