Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem r2ex

Description: Double restricted existential quantification. (Contributed by NM, 11-Nov-1995) Reduce dependencies on axioms. (Revised by Wolf Lammen, 10-Jan-2020)

Ref Expression
Assertion r2ex ( ∃ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∃ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐵 𝜑 ↔ ∃ 𝑥 ∃ 𝑦 ( ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐵 ) ∧ 𝜑 ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 r2al ⊢ ( ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐵 ¬ 𝜑 ↔ ∀ 𝑥 ∀ 𝑦 ( ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐵 ) → ¬ 𝜑 ) )
2 1 r2exlem ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∃ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐵 𝜑 ↔ ∃ 𝑥 ∃ 𝑦 ( ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝐵 ) ∧ 𝜑 ) )