Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem uznn0sub

Description: The nonnegative difference of integers is a nonnegative integer. (Contributed by NM, 4-Sep-2005)

Ref Expression
Assertion uznn0sub ⊢ N ∈ ℤ ≥ M → N − M ∈ ℕ 0

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 eluz2 ⊢ N ∈ ℤ ≥ M ↔ M ∈ ℤ ∧ N ∈ ℤ ∧ M ≤ N
2 znn0sub ⊢ M ∈ ℤ ∧ N ∈ ℤ → M ≤ N ↔ N − M ∈ ℕ 0
3 2 biimp3a ⊢ M ∈ ℤ ∧ N ∈ ℤ ∧ M ≤ N → N − M ∈ ℕ 0
4 1 3 sylbi ⊢ N ∈ ℤ ≥ M → N − M ∈ ℕ 0