Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem negsubi

Description: Relationship between subtraction and negative. Theorem I.3 of Apostol p. 18. (Contributed by NM, 26-Nov-1994) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 22-Oct-2011)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses negidi.1 ⊢ 𝐴 ∈ ℂ
pncan3i.2 ⊢ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ
Assertion negsubi ( 𝐴 + - 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐴 − 𝐵 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 negidi.1 ⊢ 𝐴 ∈ ℂ
2 pncan3i.2 ⊢ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ
3 negsub ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ ) → ( 𝐴 + - 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐴 − 𝐵 ) )
4 1 2 3 mp2an ⊢ ( 𝐴 + - 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐴 − 𝐵 )