Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem uni0

Description: The union of the empty set is the empty set. Theorem 8.7 of Quine p. 54. (Contributed by NM, 16-Sep-1993) Remove use of ax-nul . (Revised by Eric Schmidt, 4-Apr-2007) Avoid ax-11 . (Revised by TM, 1-Feb-2026)

Ref Expression
Assertion uni0 ⊢ ⋃ ∅ = ∅

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 noel ⊢ ¬ y ∈ ∅
2 1 intnan ⊢ ¬ x ∈ y ∧ y ∈ ∅
3 2 nex ⊢ ¬ ∃ y x ∈ y ∧ y ∈ ∅
4 eluni ⊢ x ∈ ⋃ ∅ ↔ ∃ y x ∈ y ∧ y ∈ ∅
5 3 4 mtbir ⊢ ¬ x ∈ ⋃ ∅
6 5 nel0 ⊢ ⋃ ∅ = ∅