Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem peano3

Description: The successor of any natural number is not zero. One of Peano's five postulates for arithmetic. Proposition 7.30(3) of TakeutiZaring p. 42. (Contributed by NM, 3-Sep-2003) Avoid ax-nul . (Revised by Umit Teoman Dogan, 10-Jun-2026)

Ref Expression
Assertion peano3 A ω suc A

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 sucidg A ω A suc A
2 1 ne0d A ω suc A