Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem span0

Description: The span of the empty set is the zero subspace. Remark 11.6.e of Schechter p. 276. (Contributed by NM, 3-Jun-2004) (New usage is discouraged.)

Ref Expression
Assertion span0 ( span ‘ ∅ ) = 0

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 h0elsh 0S
2 1 shssii 0 ⊆ ℋ
3 0ss ∅ ⊆ 0
4 spanss ( ( 0 ⊆ ℋ ∧ ∅ ⊆ 0 ) → ( span ‘ ∅ ) ⊆ ( span ‘ 0 ) )
5 2 3 4 mp2an ( span ‘ ∅ ) ⊆ ( span ‘ 0 )
6 spanid ( 0S → ( span ‘ 0 ) = 0 )
7 1 6 ax-mp ( span ‘ 0 ) = 0
8 5 7 sseqtri ( span ‘ ∅ ) ⊆ 0
9 0ss ∅ ⊆ ℋ
10 spancl ( ∅ ⊆ ℋ → ( span ‘ ∅ ) ∈ S )
11 9 10 ax-mp ( span ‘ ∅ ) ∈ S
12 sh0le ( ( span ‘ ∅ ) ∈ S → 0 ⊆ ( span ‘ ∅ ) )
13 11 12 ax-mp 0 ⊆ ( span ‘ ∅ )
14 8 13 eqssi ( span ‘ ∅ ) = 0