Theorem letri3

Description: Trichotomy law. (Contributed by NM, 14-May-1999)

	Ref	Expression
Assertion	letri3	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℝ ) → ( 𝐴 = 𝐵 ↔ ( 𝐴 ≤ 𝐵 ∧ 𝐵 ≤ 𝐴 ) ) )

Proof

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		lttri3	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℝ ) → ( 𝐴 = 𝐵 ↔ ( ¬ 𝐴 < 𝐵 ∧ ¬ 𝐵 < 𝐴 ) ) )
2	1	biancomd	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℝ ) → ( 𝐴 = 𝐵 ↔ ( ¬ 𝐵 < 𝐴 ∧ ¬ 𝐴 < 𝐵 ) ) )
3		lenlt	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℝ ) → ( 𝐴 ≤ 𝐵 ↔ ¬ 𝐵 < 𝐴 ) )
4		lenlt	⊢ ( ( 𝐵 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ) → ( 𝐵 ≤ 𝐴 ↔ ¬ 𝐴 < 𝐵 ) )
5	4	ancoms	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℝ ) → ( 𝐵 ≤ 𝐴 ↔ ¬ 𝐴 < 𝐵 ) )
6	3 5	anbi12d	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℝ ) → ( ( 𝐴 ≤ 𝐵 ∧ 𝐵 ≤ 𝐴 ) ↔ ( ¬ 𝐵 < 𝐴 ∧ ¬ 𝐴 < 𝐵 ) ) )
7	2 6	bitr4d	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℝ ) → ( 𝐴 = 𝐵 ↔ ( 𝐴 ≤ 𝐵 ∧ 𝐵 ≤ 𝐴 ) ) )