Metamath Proof Explorer


Definition df-supp

Description: Define the support of a function against a "zero" value. According to Wikipedia ("Support (mathematics)", 31-Mar-2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_(mathematics) ) "In mathematics, the support of a real-valued function f is the subset of the domain containing those elements which are not mapped to zero." and "The notion of support also extends in a natural way to functions taking values in more general sets than R [the real numbers] and to other objects.". The following definition allows for such extensions, being applicable for any sets (which usually are functions) and any element (even not necessarily from the range of the function) regarded as "zero". (Contributed by AV, 31-Mar-2019) (Revised by AV, 6-Apr-2019)

Ref Expression
Assertion df-supp supp = ( 𝑥 ∈ V , 𝑧 ∈ V ↦ { 𝑖 ∈ dom 𝑥 ∣ ( 𝑥 “ { 𝑖 } ) ≠ { 𝑧 } } )

Detailed syntax breakdown

Step Hyp Ref Expression
0 csupp supp
1 vx 𝑥
2 cvv V
3 vz 𝑧
4 vi 𝑖
5 1 cv 𝑥
6 5 cdm dom 𝑥
7 4 cv 𝑖
8 7 csn { 𝑖 }
9 5 8 cima ( 𝑥 “ { 𝑖 } )
10 3 cv 𝑧
11 10 csn { 𝑧 }
12 9 11 wne ( 𝑥 “ { 𝑖 } ) ≠ { 𝑧 }
13 12 4 6 crab { 𝑖 ∈ dom 𝑥 ∣ ( 𝑥 “ { 𝑖 } ) ≠ { 𝑧 } }
14 1 3 2 2 13 cmpo ( 𝑥 ∈ V , 𝑧 ∈ V ↦ { 𝑖 ∈ dom 𝑥 ∣ ( 𝑥 “ { 𝑖 } ) ≠ { 𝑧 } } )
15 0 14 wceq supp = ( 𝑥 ∈ V , 𝑧 ∈ V ↦ { 𝑖 ∈ dom 𝑥 ∣ ( 𝑥 “ { 𝑖 } ) ≠ { 𝑧 } } )