Database SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (USERS' MATHBOXES) Mathbox for Richard Penner Set Theory and Ordinal Numbers oa0suclim  
				
		 
		
			
		 
		Description:   Closed form expression of the value of ordinal addition for the cases
       when the second ordinal is zero, a successor ordinal, or a limit
       ordinal.  Definition 2.3 of Schloeder  p. 4.  See oa0  , oasuc  , and
       oalim  .  (Contributed by RP , 18-Jan-2025) 
		
			
				
					Ref 
					Expression 
				 
				
					Assertion 
					oa0suclim    ⊢    A  ∈  On    ∧   B  ∈  On     →     B  =  ∅    →   A   +  𝑜    B =  A     ∧     B  =   suc  ⁡  C      ∧   C  ∈  On     →   A   +  𝑜    B =   suc  ⁡  A   +  𝑜    C      ∧    Lim  ⁡  B    →   A   +  𝑜    B =  ⋃  c  ∈  B A   +  𝑜    c          
				 
			
		 
		
				Proof 
				
					
						Step 
						Hyp 
						Ref 
						Expression 
					 
						
							1 
								
							 
							oa0   ⊢   A  ∈  On    →   A   +  𝑜    ∅ =  A         
						
							2 
								
							 
							oasuc   ⊢    A  ∈  On    ∧   C  ∈  On     →   A   +  𝑜     suc  ⁡  C   =   suc  ⁡  A   +  𝑜    C          
						
							3 
								
							 
							oalim   ⊢    A  ∈  On    ∧    B  ∈  On    ∧   Lim  ⁡  B      →   A   +  𝑜    B =  ⋃  c  ∈  B A   +  𝑜    c        
						
							4 
								3 
							 
							anassrs   ⊢     A  ∈  On    ∧   B  ∈  On     ∧   Lim  ⁡  B     →   A   +  𝑜    B =  ⋃  c  ∈  B A   +  𝑜    c        
						
							5 
								1  2  4 
							 
							onov0suclim   ⊢    A  ∈  On    ∧   B  ∈  On     →     B  =  ∅    →   A   +  𝑜    B =  A     ∧     B  =   suc  ⁡  C      ∧   C  ∈  On     →   A   +  𝑜    B =   suc  ⁡  A   +  𝑜    C      ∧    Lim  ⁡  B    →   A   +  𝑜    B =  ⋃  c  ∈  B A   +  𝑜    c