Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem dfuni2

Description: Alternate definition of class union. (Contributed by NM, 28-Jun-1998)

Ref Expression
Assertion dfuni2 ∪ 𝐴 = { 𝑥 ∣ ∃ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 }

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 df-uni ⊢ ∪ 𝐴 = { 𝑥 ∣ ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 ) }
2 exancom ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 ) ↔ ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 ∧ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 ) )
3 df-rex ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 ↔ ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 ∧ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 ) )
4 2 3 bitr4i ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 ) ↔ ∃ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 )
5 4 abbii ⊢ { 𝑥 ∣ ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 ) } = { 𝑥 ∣ ∃ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 }
6 1 5 eqtri ⊢ ∪ 𝐴 = { 𝑥 ∣ ∃ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐴 𝑥 ∈ 𝑦 }