Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem ixp0

Description: The infinite Cartesian product of a family B ( x ) with an empty member is empty. The converse of this theorem is equivalent to the Axiom of Choice, see ac9 . (Contributed by NM, 1-Oct-2006) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 22-Jun-2016)

Ref Expression
Assertion ixp0 ( ∃ 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ → X 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 nne ( ¬ 𝐵 ≠ ∅ ↔ 𝐵 = ∅ )
2 1 rexbii ( ∃ 𝑥𝐴 ¬ 𝐵 ≠ ∅ ↔ ∃ 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ )
3 rexnal ( ∃ 𝑥𝐴 ¬ 𝐵 ≠ ∅ ↔ ¬ ∀ 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ )
4 2 3 bitr3i ( ∃ 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ ↔ ¬ ∀ 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ )
5 ixpn0 ( X 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ → ∀ 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ )
6 5 necon1bi ( ¬ ∀ 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ → X 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ )
7 4 6 sylbi ( ∃ 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ → X 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ )