Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem relcnveq4

Description: Two ways of saying a relation is symmetric. (Contributed by Peter Mazsa, 28-Apr-2019)

Ref Expression
Assertion relcnveq4 ( Rel 𝑅 → ( ◡ 𝑅 ⊆ 𝑅 ↔ ∀ 𝑥 ∀ 𝑦 ( 𝑥 𝑅 𝑦 ↔ 𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 relcnveq ⊢ ( Rel 𝑅 → ( ◡ 𝑅 ⊆ 𝑅 ↔ ◡ 𝑅 = 𝑅 ) )
2 relcnveq2 ⊢ ( Rel 𝑅 → ( ◡ 𝑅 = 𝑅 ↔ ∀ 𝑥 ∀ 𝑦 ( 𝑥 𝑅 𝑦 ↔ 𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 ) ) )
3 1 2 bitrd ⊢ ( Rel 𝑅 → ( ◡ 𝑅 ⊆ 𝑅 ↔ ∀ 𝑥 ∀ 𝑦 ( 𝑥 𝑅 𝑦 ↔ 𝑦 𝑅 𝑥 ) ) )