Description: The unit element of a semiring is unique. (Contributed by NM, 27-Aug-2011) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 6-Jan-2015) (Revised by Thierry Arnoux, 1-Apr-2018)
| Ref | Expression | ||
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| Hypotheses | srgcl.b | |- B = ( Base ` R ) |
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| srgcl.t | |- .x. = ( .r ` R ) |
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| Assertion | srgideu | |- ( R e. SRing -> E! u e. B A. x e. B ( ( u .x. x ) = x /\ ( x .x. u ) = x ) ) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | srgcl.b | |- B = ( Base ` R ) |
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| 2 | srgcl.t | |- .x. = ( .r ` R ) |
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| 3 | eqid | |- ( mulGrp ` R ) = ( mulGrp ` R ) |
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| 4 | 3 | srgmgp | |- ( R e. SRing -> ( mulGrp ` R ) e. Mnd ) |
| 5 | 3 1 | mgpbas | |- B = ( Base ` ( mulGrp ` R ) ) |
| 6 | 3 2 | mgpplusg | |- .x. = ( +g ` ( mulGrp ` R ) ) |
| 7 | 5 6 | mndideu | |- ( ( mulGrp ` R ) e. Mnd -> E! u e. B A. x e. B ( ( u .x. x ) = x /\ ( x .x. u ) = x ) ) |
| 8 | 4 7 | syl | |- ( R e. SRing -> E! u e. B A. x e. B ( ( u .x. x ) = x /\ ( x .x. u ) = x ) ) |