Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem 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