Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem bnj69

Description: Existence of a minimal element in certain classes: if R is well-founded and set-like on A , then every nonempty subclass of A has a minimal element. The proof has been taken from Chapter 4 of Don Monk's notes on Set Theory. See http://euclid.colorado.edu/~monkd/setth.pdf . (Contributed by Jonathan Ben-Naim, 3-Jun-2011) (New usage is discouraged.)

Ref Expression
Assertion bnj69 ( ( 𝑅 FrSe 𝐴𝐵𝐴𝐵 ≠ ∅ ) → ∃ 𝑥𝐵𝑦𝐵 ¬ 𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 biid ( ( 𝑅 FrSe 𝐴𝐵𝐴𝐵 ≠ ∅ ) ↔ ( 𝑅 FrSe 𝐴𝐵𝐴𝐵 ≠ ∅ ) )
2 biid ( ( 𝑥𝐵𝑦𝐵𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 ) ↔ ( 𝑥𝐵𝑦𝐵𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 ) )
3 biid ( ∀ 𝑦𝐵 ¬ 𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 ↔ ∀ 𝑦𝐵 ¬ 𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 )
4 1 2 3 bnj1189 ( ( 𝑅 FrSe 𝐴𝐵𝐴𝐵 ≠ ∅ ) → ∃ 𝑥𝐵𝑦𝐵 ¬ 𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 )