Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem carddom

Description: Two sets have the dominance relationship iff their cardinalities have the subset relationship. Equation i of Quine p. 232. (Contributed by NM, 22-Oct-2003) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 30-Apr-2015)

Ref Expression
Assertion carddom ( ( 𝐴𝑉𝐵𝑊 ) → ( ( card ‘ 𝐴 ) ⊆ ( card ‘ 𝐵 ) ↔ 𝐴𝐵 ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 numth3 ( 𝐴𝑉𝐴 ∈ dom card )
2 numth3 ( 𝐵𝑊𝐵 ∈ dom card )
3 carddom2 ( ( 𝐴 ∈ dom card ∧ 𝐵 ∈ dom card ) → ( ( card ‘ 𝐴 ) ⊆ ( card ‘ 𝐵 ) ↔ 𝐴𝐵 ) )
4 1 2 3 syl2an ( ( 𝐴𝑉𝐵𝑊 ) → ( ( card ‘ 𝐴 ) ⊆ ( card ‘ 𝐵 ) ↔ 𝐴𝐵 ) )