Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem onsle

Description: Less-than or equal is the same as non-strict birthday comparison over surreal ordinals. (Contributed by Scott Fenton, 25-Feb-2026)

Ref Expression
Assertion onsle ( ( 𝐴 ∈ Ons𝐵 ∈ Ons ) → ( 𝐴 ≤s 𝐵 ↔ ( bday 𝐴 ) ⊆ ( bday 𝐵 ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 onslt ( ( 𝐵 ∈ Ons𝐴 ∈ Ons ) → ( 𝐵 <s 𝐴 ↔ ( bday 𝐵 ) ∈ ( bday 𝐴 ) ) )
2 1 ancoms ( ( 𝐴 ∈ Ons𝐵 ∈ Ons ) → ( 𝐵 <s 𝐴 ↔ ( bday 𝐵 ) ∈ ( bday 𝐴 ) ) )
3 2 notbid ( ( 𝐴 ∈ Ons𝐵 ∈ Ons ) → ( ¬ 𝐵 <s 𝐴 ↔ ¬ ( bday 𝐵 ) ∈ ( bday 𝐴 ) ) )
4 onsno ( 𝐴 ∈ Ons𝐴 No )
5 onsno ( 𝐵 ∈ Ons𝐵 No )
6 slenlt ( ( 𝐴 No 𝐵 No ) → ( 𝐴 ≤s 𝐵 ↔ ¬ 𝐵 <s 𝐴 ) )
7 4 5 6 syl2an ( ( 𝐴 ∈ Ons𝐵 ∈ Ons ) → ( 𝐴 ≤s 𝐵 ↔ ¬ 𝐵 <s 𝐴 ) )
8 bdayelon ( bday 𝐴 ) ∈ On
9 bdayelon ( bday 𝐵 ) ∈ On
10 ontri1 ( ( ( bday 𝐴 ) ∈ On ∧ ( bday 𝐵 ) ∈ On ) → ( ( bday 𝐴 ) ⊆ ( bday 𝐵 ) ↔ ¬ ( bday 𝐵 ) ∈ ( bday 𝐴 ) ) )
11 8 9 10 mp2an ( ( bday 𝐴 ) ⊆ ( bday 𝐵 ) ↔ ¬ ( bday 𝐵 ) ∈ ( bday 𝐴 ) )
12 11 a1i ( ( 𝐴 ∈ Ons𝐵 ∈ Ons ) → ( ( bday 𝐴 ) ⊆ ( bday 𝐵 ) ↔ ¬ ( bday 𝐵 ) ∈ ( bday 𝐴 ) ) )
13 3 7 12 3bitr4d ( ( 𝐴 ∈ Ons𝐵 ∈ Ons ) → ( 𝐴 ≤s 𝐵 ↔ ( bday 𝐴 ) ⊆ ( bday 𝐵 ) ) )