Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem relintabex

Description: If the intersection of a class is a relation, then the class is nonempty. (Contributed by RP, 12-Aug-2020)

Ref Expression
Assertion relintabex ⊢ Rel ⁡ ⋂ x | φ → ∃ x φ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 intnex ⊢ ¬ ⋂ x | φ ∈ V ↔ ⋂ x | φ = V
2 nrelv ⊢ ¬ Rel ⁡ V
3 releq ⊢ ⋂ x | φ = V → Rel ⁡ ⋂ x | φ ↔ Rel ⁡ V
4 2 3 mtbiri ⊢ ⋂ x | φ = V → ¬ Rel ⁡ ⋂ x | φ
5 1 4 sylbi ⊢ ¬ ⋂ x | φ ∈ V → ¬ Rel ⁡ ⋂ x | φ
6 5 con4i ⊢ Rel ⁡ ⋂ x | φ → ⋂ x | φ ∈ V
7 intexab ⊢ ∃ x φ ↔ ⋂ x | φ ∈ V
8 6 7 sylibr ⊢ Rel ⁡ ⋂ x | φ → ∃ x φ