Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem unielrel

Description: The membership relation for a relation is inherited by class union. (Contributed by NM, 17-Sep-2006)

Ref Expression
Assertion unielrel ⊢ Rel ⁡ R ∧ A ∈ R → ⋃ A ∈ ⋃ R

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 elrel ⊢ Rel ⁡ R ∧ A ∈ R → ∃ x ∃ y A = x y
2 simpr ⊢ Rel ⁡ R ∧ A ∈ R → A ∈ R
3 vex ⊢ x ∈ V
4 vex ⊢ y ∈ V
5 3 4 uniopel ⊢ x y ∈ R → ⋃ x y ∈ ⋃ R
6 5 a1i ⊢ A = x y → x y ∈ R → ⋃ x y ∈ ⋃ R
7 eleq1 ⊢ A = x y → A ∈ R ↔ x y ∈ R
8 unieq ⊢ A = x y → ⋃ A = ⋃ x y
9 8 eleq1d ⊢ A = x y → ⋃ A ∈ ⋃ R ↔ ⋃ x y ∈ ⋃ R
10 6 7 9 3imtr4d ⊢ A = x y → A ∈ R → ⋃ A ∈ ⋃ R
11 10 exlimivv ⊢ ∃ x ∃ y A = x y → A ∈ R → ⋃ A ∈ ⋃ R
12 1 2 11 sylc ⊢ Rel ⁡ R ∧ A ∈ R → ⋃ A ∈ ⋃ R