Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem mnfnre

Description: Minus infinity is not a real number. (Contributed by NM, 13-Oct-2005)

Ref Expression
Assertion mnfnre ⊢ −∞ ∉ ℝ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 df-mnf ⊢ −∞ = 𝒫 +∞
2 df-pnf ⊢ +∞ = 𝒫 ⋃ ℂ
3 2 pweqi ⊢ 𝒫 +∞ = 𝒫 𝒫 ⋃ ℂ
4 1 3 eqtri ⊢ −∞ = 𝒫 𝒫 ⋃ ℂ
5 2pwuninel ⊢ ¬ 𝒫 𝒫 ⋃ ℂ ∈ ℂ
6 4 5 eqneltri ⊢ ¬ −∞ ∈ ℂ
7 recn ⊢ −∞ ∈ ℝ → −∞ ∈ ℂ
8 6 7 mto ⊢ ¬ −∞ ∈ ℝ
9 8 nelir ⊢ −∞ ∉ ℝ