Metamath Proof Explorer


Definition df-old

Description: Define the older than function. This function carries an ordinal to all surreals made by a previous ordinal. Definition from Conway p. 29. (Contributed by Scott Fenton, 17-Dec-2021)

Ref Expression
Assertion df-old ⊢ Old = x ∈ On ⟼ ⋃ M x

Detailed syntax breakdown

Step Hyp Ref Expression
0 cold class Old
1 vx setvar x
2 con0 class On
3 cmade class M
4 1 cv setvar x
5 3 4 cima class M x
6 5 cuni class ⋃ M x
7 1 2 6 cmpt class x ∈ On ⟼ ⋃ M x
8 0 7 wceq wff Old = x ∈ On ⟼ ⋃ M x