Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem unialeph

Description: The union of the class of transfinite cardinals (the range of the aleph function) is the class of ordinal numbers. (Contributed by NM, 11-Nov-2003)

Ref Expression
Assertion unialeph ran ℵ = On

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 alephprc ¬ ran ℵ ∈ V
2 uniexb ( ran ℵ ∈ V ↔ ran ℵ ∈ V )
3 1 2 mtbi ¬ ran ℵ ∈ V
4 elex ( ran ℵ ∈ On → ran ℵ ∈ V )
5 3 4 mto ¬ ran ℵ ∈ On
6 alephsson ran ℵ ⊆ On
7 ssorduni ( ran ℵ ⊆ On → Ord ran ℵ )
8 6 7 ax-mp Ord ran ℵ
9 ordeleqon ( Ord ran ℵ ↔ ( ran ℵ ∈ On ∨ ran ℵ = On ) )
10 8 9 mpbi ( ran ℵ ∈ On ∨ ran ℵ = On )
11 5 10 mtpor ran ℵ = On