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Theorem
grpass
Description:
A group operation is associative.
(Contributed by
NM
, 14-Aug-2011)
Ref
Expression
Hypotheses
grpcl.b
⊢
B
=
Base
G
grpcl.p
⊢
+
˙
=
+
G
Assertion
grpass
⊢
G
∈
Grp
∧
X
∈
B
∧
Y
∈
B
∧
Z
∈
B
→
X
+
˙
Y
+
˙
Z
=
X
+
˙
Y
+
˙
Z
Proof
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
1
grpcl.b
⊢
B
=
Base
G
2
grpcl.p
⊢
+
˙
=
+
G
3
grpmnd
⊢
G
∈
Grp
→
G
∈
Mnd
4
1
2
mndass
⊢
G
∈
Mnd
∧
X
∈
B
∧
Y
∈
B
∧
Z
∈
B
→
X
+
˙
Y
+
˙
Z
=
X
+
˙
Y
+
˙
Z
5
3
4
sylan
⊢
G
∈
Grp
∧
X
∈
B
∧
Y
∈
B
∧
Z
∈
B
→
X
+
˙
Y
+
˙
Z
=
X
+
˙
Y
+
˙
Z