Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem npex

Description: The class of positive reals is a set. (Contributed by NM, 31-Oct-1995) (New usage is discouraged.)

Ref Expression
Assertion npex P ∈ V

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 nqex ⊢ Q ∈ V
2 1 pwex ⊢ 𝒫 Q ∈ V
3 pssss ⊢ ( 𝑥 ⊊ Q → 𝑥 ⊆ Q )
4 3 ad2antlr ⊢ ( ( ( ∅ ⊊ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑥 ⊊ Q ) ∧ ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑥 ( ∀ 𝑧 ( 𝑧 <Q 𝑦 → 𝑧 ∈ 𝑥 ) ∧ ∃ 𝑧 ∈ 𝑥 𝑦 <Q 𝑧 ) ) → 𝑥 ⊆ Q )
5 4 ss2abi ⊢ { 𝑥 ∣ ( ( ∅ ⊊ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑥 ⊊ Q ) ∧ ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑥 ( ∀ 𝑧 ( 𝑧 <Q 𝑦 → 𝑧 ∈ 𝑥 ) ∧ ∃ 𝑧 ∈ 𝑥 𝑦 <Q 𝑧 ) ) } ⊆ { 𝑥 ∣ 𝑥 ⊆ Q }
6 df-np ⊢ P = { 𝑥 ∣ ( ( ∅ ⊊ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑥 ⊊ Q ) ∧ ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑥 ( ∀ 𝑧 ( 𝑧 <Q 𝑦 → 𝑧 ∈ 𝑥 ) ∧ ∃ 𝑧 ∈ 𝑥 𝑦 <Q 𝑧 ) ) }
7 df-pw ⊢ 𝒫 Q = { 𝑥 ∣ 𝑥 ⊆ Q }
8 5 6 7 3sstr4i ⊢ P ⊆ 𝒫 Q
9 2 8 ssexi ⊢ P ∈ V