Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem dif0

Description: The difference between a class and the empty set. Part of Exercise 4.4 of Stoll p. 16. (Contributed by NM, 17-Aug-2004)

Ref Expression
Assertion dif0 ( 𝐴 ∖ ∅ ) = 𝐴

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 difid ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∖ 𝐴 ) = ∅
2 1 difeq2i ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∖ ( 𝐴 ∖ 𝐴 ) ) = ( 𝐴 ∖ ∅ )
3 difdif ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∖ ( 𝐴 ∖ 𝐴 ) ) = 𝐴
4 2 3 eqtr3i ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∖ ∅ ) = 𝐴