Database CLASSICAL FIRST-ORDER LOGIC WITH EQUALITY Predicate calculus with equality:  Auxiliary axiom schemes (4 schemes) Axiom scheme ax-12 (Substitution) exlimimdd  
				
		 
		
			
		 
		Description:   Existential elimination rule of natural deduction.  (Contributed by ML , 17-Jul-2020)   Shorten exlimdd  .  (Revised by Wolf Lammen , 3-Sep-2023) 
		
			
				
					Ref 
					Expression 
				 
					
						Hypotheses 
						exlimdd.1   ⊢   Ⅎ  x   φ        
					 
					
						exlimdd.2   ⊢   Ⅎ  x   χ        
					 
					
						exlimdd.3    ⊢   φ   →   ∃  x   ψ          
					 
					
						exlimimdd.4    ⊢   φ   →    ψ   →   χ         
					 
				
					Assertion 
					exlimimdd    ⊢   φ   →   χ        
				 
			
		 
		
				Proof 
				
					
						Step 
						Hyp 
						Ref 
						Expression 
					 
						
							1 
								
							 
							exlimdd.1  ⊢   Ⅎ  x   φ        
						
							2 
								
							 
							exlimdd.2  ⊢   Ⅎ  x   χ        
						
							3 
								
							 
							exlimdd.3   ⊢   φ   →   ∃  x   ψ          
						
							4 
								
							 
							exlimimdd.4   ⊢   φ   →    ψ   →   χ         
						
							5 
								1  2  4 
							 
							exlimd   ⊢   φ   →    ∃  x   ψ     →   χ         
						
							6 
								3  5 
							 
							mpd   ⊢   φ   →   χ