Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem fldcat

Description: The restriction of the category of (unital) rings to the set of field homomorphisms is a category, the "category of fields". (Contributed by AV, 20-Feb-2020)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses drhmsubc.c ⊢ C = U ∩ DivRing
drhmsubc.j ⊢ J = r ∈ C , s ∈ C ⟼ r RingHom s
fldhmsubc.d ⊢ D = U ∩ Field
fldhmsubc.f ⊢ F = r ∈ D , s ∈ D ⟼ r RingHom s
Assertion fldcat ⊢ U ∈ V → RingCat ⁡ U ↾ cat F ∈ Cat

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 drhmsubc.c ⊢ C = U ∩ DivRing
2 drhmsubc.j ⊢ J = r ∈ C , s ∈ C ⟼ r RingHom s
3 fldhmsubc.d ⊢ D = U ∩ Field
4 fldhmsubc.f ⊢ F = r ∈ D , s ∈ D ⟼ r RingHom s
5 isfld ⊢ r ∈ Field ↔ r ∈ DivRing ∧ r ∈ CRing
6 crngring ⊢ r ∈ CRing → r ∈ Ring
7 6 adantl ⊢ r ∈ DivRing ∧ r ∈ CRing → r ∈ Ring
8 5 7 sylbi ⊢ r ∈ Field → r ∈ Ring
9 8 rgen ⊢ ∀ r ∈ Field r ∈ Ring
10 9 3 4 sringcat ⊢ U ∈ V → RingCat ⁡ U ↾ cat F ∈ Cat