Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem noel

Description: The empty set has no elements. Theorem 6.14 of Quine p. 44. (Contributed by NM, 21-Jun-1993) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 1-Sep-2015) Remove dependency on ax-10 , ax-11 , and ax-12 . (Revised by Steven Nguyen, 3-May-2023) (Proof shortened by BJ, 23-Sep-2024)

Ref Expression
Assertion noel ⊢ ¬ A ∈ ∅

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 nsb ⊢ ∀ y ¬ ⊥ → ¬ x y ⊥
2 fal ⊢ ¬ ⊥
3 1 2 mpg ⊢ ¬ x y ⊥
4 dfnul4 ⊢ ∅ = y | ⊥
5 4 eleq2i ⊢ x ∈ ∅ ↔ x ∈ y | ⊥
6 df-clab ⊢ x ∈ y | ⊥ ↔ x y ⊥
7 5 6 bitri ⊢ x ∈ ∅ ↔ x y ⊥
8 3 7 mtbir ⊢ ¬ x ∈ ∅
9 8 intnan ⊢ ¬ x = A ∧ x ∈ ∅
10 9 nex ⊢ ¬ ∃ x x = A ∧ x ∈ ∅
11 dfclel ⊢ A ∈ ∅ ↔ ∃ x x = A ∧ x ∈ ∅
12 10 11 mtbir ⊢ ¬ A ∈ ∅