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Theorem addcan2i

Description: Cancellation law for addition. Theorem I.1 of Apostol p. 18. (Contributed by NM, 14-May-2003) (Revised by Scott Fenton, 3-Jan-2013)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses mul.1 ⊢ A ∈ ℂ
mul.2 ⊢ B ∈ ℂ
mul.3 ⊢ C ∈ ℂ
Assertion addcan2i ⊢ A + C = B + C ↔ A = B

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 mul.1 ⊢ A ∈ ℂ
2 mul.2 ⊢ B ∈ ℂ
3 mul.3 ⊢ C ∈ ℂ
4 addcan2 ⊢ A ∈ ℂ ∧ B ∈ ℂ ∧ C ∈ ℂ → A + C = B + C ↔ A = B
5 1 2 3 4 mp3an ⊢ A + C = B + C ↔ A = B