Description: The transitive closure is empty iff its argument is. Proof suggested by Gérard Lang. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 4-Jun-2015)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assertion | tc00 | ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝑉 → ( ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ ↔ 𝐴 = ∅ ) ) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tcid | ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝑉 → 𝐴 ⊆ ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) ) | |
| 2 | sseq0 | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ⊆ ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) ∧ ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ ) → 𝐴 = ∅ ) | |
| 3 | 2 | ex | ⊢ ( 𝐴 ⊆ ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) → ( ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ → 𝐴 = ∅ ) ) | 
| 4 | 1 3 | syl | ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝑉 → ( ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ → 𝐴 = ∅ ) ) | 
| 5 | fveq2 | ⊢ ( 𝐴 = ∅ → ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ( TC ‘ ∅ ) ) | |
| 6 | tc0 | ⊢ ( TC ‘ ∅ ) = ∅ | |
| 7 | 5 6 | eqtrdi | ⊢ ( 𝐴 = ∅ → ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ ) | 
| 8 | 4 7 | impbid1 | ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝑉 → ( ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ ↔ 𝐴 = ∅ ) ) |