Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem nrmod

Description: Deduce the negation of a restricted "at most one" quantifier. (Contributed by Thierry Arnoux, 13-Jul-2026)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses nrmod.1 ( 𝑥 = 𝑋 → ( 𝜓𝜒 ) )
nrmod.2 ( 𝑥 = 𝑌 → ( 𝜓𝜃 ) )
nrmod.x ( 𝜑𝑋𝐴 )
nrmod.y ( 𝜑𝑌𝐴 )
nrmod.3 ( 𝜑𝜒 )
nrmod.4 ( 𝜑𝜃 )
nrmod.5 ( 𝜑𝑋𝑌 )
Assertion nrmod ( 𝜑 → ¬ ∃* 𝑥𝐴 𝜓 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 nrmod.1 ( 𝑥 = 𝑋 → ( 𝜓𝜒 ) )
2 nrmod.2 ( 𝑥 = 𝑌 → ( 𝜓𝜃 ) )
3 nrmod.x ( 𝜑𝑋𝐴 )
4 nrmod.y ( 𝜑𝑌𝐴 )
5 nrmod.3 ( 𝜑𝜒 )
6 nrmod.4 ( 𝜑𝜃 )
7 nrmod.5 ( 𝜑𝑋𝑌 )
8 7 neneqd ( 𝜑 → ¬ 𝑋 = 𝑌 )
9 4 6 jca ( 𝜑 → ( 𝑌𝐴𝜃 ) )
10 8 9 2thd ( 𝜑 → ( ¬ 𝑋 = 𝑌 ↔ ( 𝑌𝐴𝜃 ) ) )
11 nbbn ( ( ¬ 𝑋 = 𝑌 ↔ ( 𝑌𝐴𝜃 ) ) ↔ ¬ ( 𝑋 = 𝑌 ↔ ( 𝑌𝐴𝜃 ) ) )
12 10 11 sylib ( 𝜑 → ¬ ( 𝑋 = 𝑌 ↔ ( 𝑌𝐴𝜃 ) ) )
13 3 5 jca ( 𝜑 → ( 𝑋𝐴𝜒 ) )
14 13 biantrud ( 𝜑 → ( ∃* 𝑥𝐴 𝜓 ↔ ( ∃* 𝑥𝐴 𝜓 ∧ ( 𝑋𝐴𝜒 ) ) ) )
15 1 2 rmob ( ( ∃* 𝑥𝐴 𝜓 ∧ ( 𝑋𝐴𝜒 ) ) → ( 𝑋 = 𝑌 ↔ ( 𝑌𝐴𝜃 ) ) )
16 14 15 biimtrdi ( 𝜑 → ( ∃* 𝑥𝐴 𝜓 → ( 𝑋 = 𝑌 ↔ ( 𝑌𝐴𝜃 ) ) ) )
17 12 16 mtod ( 𝜑 → ¬ ∃* 𝑥𝐴 𝜓 )