Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem difid

Description: The difference between a class and itself is the empty set. Proposition 5.15 of TakeutiZaring p. 20. Also Theorem 32 of Suppes p. 28. (Contributed by NM, 22-Apr-2004) (Revised by David Abernethy, 17-Jun-2012)

Ref Expression
Assertion difid ( 𝐴 ∖ 𝐴 ) = ∅

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 dfdif2 ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∖ 𝐴 ) = { 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∣ ¬ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 }
2 dfnul3 ⊢ ∅ = { 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∣ ¬ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 }
3 1 2 eqtr4i ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∖ 𝐴 ) = ∅