Metamath Proof Explorer


Definition df-3or

Description: Define disjunction ('or') of three wff's. Definition *2.33 of WhiteheadRussell p. 105. This abbreviation reduces the number of parentheses and emphasizes that the order of bracketing is not important by virtue of the associative law orass . (Contributed by NM, 8-Apr-1994)

Ref Expression
Assertion df-3or ( ( 𝜑 ∨ 𝜓 ∨ 𝜒 ) ↔ ( ( 𝜑 ∨ 𝜓 ) ∨ 𝜒 ) )

Detailed syntax breakdown

Step Hyp Ref Expression
0 wph ⊢ 𝜑
1 wps ⊢ 𝜓
2 wch ⊢ 𝜒
3 0 1 2 w3o ⊢ ( 𝜑 ∨ 𝜓 ∨ 𝜒 )
4 0 1 wo ⊢ ( 𝜑 ∨ 𝜓 )
5 4 2 wo ⊢ ( ( 𝜑 ∨ 𝜓 ) ∨ 𝜒 )
6 3 5 wb ⊢ ( ( 𝜑 ∨ 𝜓 ∨ 𝜒 ) ↔ ( ( 𝜑 ∨ 𝜓 ) ∨ 𝜒 ) )