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¬¬xy
2 fal ¬
3 1 2 mpg ¬xy
4 dfnul4 =y|
5 4 eleq2i xxy|
6 df-clab xy|xy
7 5 6 bitri xxy
8 3 7 mtbir ¬x
9 8 intnan ¬x=Ax
10 9 nex ¬xx=Ax
11 dfclel Axx=Ax
12 10 11 mtbir ¬A