Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem dfbi2

Description: A theorem similar to the standard definition of the biconditional. Definition of Margaris p. 49. (Contributed by NM, 24-Jan-1993)

Ref Expression
Assertion dfbi2 ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) ↔ ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) ∧ ( 𝜓𝜑 ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 dfbi1 ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) ↔ ¬ ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) → ¬ ( 𝜓𝜑 ) ) )
2 df-an ( ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) ∧ ( 𝜓𝜑 ) ) ↔ ¬ ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) → ¬ ( 𝜓𝜑 ) ) )
3 1 2 bitr4i ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) ↔ ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) ∧ ( 𝜓𝜑 ) ) )