Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem spsbe

Description: Existential generalization: if a proposition is true for a specific instance, then there exists an instance where it is true. (Contributed by NM, 29-Jun-1993) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 3-May-2018) Revise df-sb . (Revised by BJ, 22-Dec-2020) (Proof shortened by Steven Nguyen, 11-Jul-2023)

Ref Expression
Assertion spsbe ( [ 𝑡 / 𝑥 ] 𝜑 → ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 df-sb ( [ 𝑡 / 𝑥 ] 𝜑 ↔ ∀ 𝑦 ( 𝑦 = 𝑡 → ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝑥 = 𝑦𝜑 ) ) )
2 alequexv ( ∀ 𝑦 ( 𝑦 = 𝑡 → ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝑥 = 𝑦𝜑 ) ) → ∃ 𝑦𝑥 ( 𝑥 = 𝑦𝜑 ) )
3 1 2 sylbi ( [ 𝑡 / 𝑥 ] 𝜑 → ∃ 𝑦𝑥 ( 𝑥 = 𝑦𝜑 ) )
4 exsbim ( ∃ 𝑦𝑥 ( 𝑥 = 𝑦𝜑 ) → ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 )
5 3 4 syl ( [ 𝑡 / 𝑥 ] 𝜑 → ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 )