Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem resubcl

Description: Closure law for subtraction of reals. (Contributed by NM, 20-Jan-1997)

Ref Expression
Assertion resubcl ⊢ A ∈ ℝ ∧ B ∈ ℝ → A − B ∈ ℝ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 recn ⊢ A ∈ ℝ → A ∈ ℂ
2 recn ⊢ B ∈ ℝ → B ∈ ℂ
3 negsub ⊢ A ∈ ℂ ∧ B ∈ ℂ → A + − B = A − B
4 1 2 3 syl2an ⊢ A ∈ ℝ ∧ B ∈ ℝ → A + − B = A − B
5 renegcl ⊢ B ∈ ℝ → − B ∈ ℝ
6 readdcl ⊢ A ∈ ℝ ∧ − B ∈ ℝ → A + − B ∈ ℝ
7 5 6 sylan2 ⊢ A ∈ ℝ ∧ B ∈ ℝ → A + − B ∈ ℝ
8 4 7 eqeltrrd ⊢ A ∈ ℝ ∧ B ∈ ℝ → A − B ∈ ℝ