Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem elxp

Description: Membership in a Cartesian product. (Contributed by NM, 4-Jul-1994)

Ref Expression
Assertion elxp ( 𝐴 ∈ ( 𝐵 × 𝐶 ) ↔ ∃ 𝑥 ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝐴 = ⟨ 𝑥 , 𝑦 ⟩ ∧ ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐵 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐶 ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 df-xp ⊢ ( 𝐵 × 𝐶 ) = { ⟨ 𝑥 , 𝑦 ⟩ ∣ ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐵 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐶 ) }
2 1 eleq2i ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ ( 𝐵 × 𝐶 ) ↔ 𝐴 ∈ { ⟨ 𝑥 , 𝑦 ⟩ ∣ ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐵 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐶 ) } )
3 elopab ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ { ⟨ 𝑥 , 𝑦 ⟩ ∣ ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐵 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐶 ) } ↔ ∃ 𝑥 ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝐴 = ⟨ 𝑥 , 𝑦 ⟩ ∧ ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐵 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐶 ) ) )
4 2 3 bitri ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ ( 𝐵 × 𝐶 ) ↔ ∃ 𝑥 ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝐴 = ⟨ 𝑥 , 𝑦 ⟩ ∧ ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐵 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐶 ) ) )