Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem imim2

Description: A closed form of syllogism (see syl ). Theorem *2.05 of WhiteheadRussell p. 100. Its associated inference is imim2i . Its associated deduction is imim2d . An alternate proof from more basic results is given by ax-1 followed by a2d . (Contributed by NM, 29-Dec-1992) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 6-Sep-2012)

Ref Expression
Assertion imim2 ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) → ( ( 𝜒𝜑 ) → ( 𝜒𝜓 ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 id ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) → ( 𝜑𝜓 ) )
2 1 imim2d ( ( 𝜑𝜓 ) → ( ( 𝜒𝜑 ) → ( 𝜒𝜓 ) ) )