Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem alnex

Description: Universal quantification of negation is equivalent to negation of existential quantification. Dual of exnal (but does not depend on ax-4 contrary to it). See also the dual pair df-ex / alex . Theorem 19.7 of Margaris p. 89. (Contributed by NM, 12-Mar-1993)

Ref Expression
Assertion alnex ( ∀ 𝑥 ¬ 𝜑 ↔ ¬ ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 df-ex ( ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 ↔ ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ¬ 𝜑 )
2 1 con2bii ( ∀ 𝑥 ¬ 𝜑 ↔ ¬ ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 )