Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem wfaxpr

Description: The class of well-founded sets models the Axiom of Pairing ax-pr . Part of Corollary II.2.5 of Kunen2 p. 112. (Contributed by Eric Schmidt, 29-Sep-2025)

Ref Expression
Hypothesis wfax.1 ⊢ 𝑊 = ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On )
Assertion wfaxpr ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑊 ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑊 ∃ 𝑧 ∈ 𝑊 ∀ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑊 ( ( 𝑤 = 𝑥 ∨ 𝑤 = 𝑦 ) → 𝑤 ∈ 𝑧 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 wfax.1 ⊢ 𝑊 = ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On )
2 prwf ⊢ ( ( 𝑥 ∈ ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On ) ∧ 𝑦 ∈ ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On ) ) → { 𝑥 , 𝑦 } ∈ ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On ) )
3 1 eleq2i ⊢ ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝑊 ↔ 𝑥 ∈ ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On ) )
4 1 eleq2i ⊢ ( 𝑦 ∈ 𝑊 ↔ 𝑦 ∈ ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On ) )
5 3 4 anbi12i ⊢ ( ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝑊 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑊 ) ↔ ( 𝑥 ∈ ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On ) ∧ 𝑦 ∈ ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On ) ) )
6 1 eleq2i ⊢ ( { 𝑥 , 𝑦 } ∈ 𝑊 ↔ { 𝑥 , 𝑦 } ∈ ∪ ( 𝑅1 “ On ) )
7 2 5 6 3imtr4i ⊢ ( ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝑊 ∧ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑊 ) → { 𝑥 , 𝑦 } ∈ 𝑊 )
8 7 rgen2 ⊢ ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑊 ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑊 { 𝑥 , 𝑦 } ∈ 𝑊
9 prclaxpr ⊢ ( ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑊 ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑊 { 𝑥 , 𝑦 } ∈ 𝑊 → ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑊 ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑊 ∃ 𝑧 ∈ 𝑊 ∀ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑊 ( ( 𝑤 = 𝑥 ∨ 𝑤 = 𝑦 ) → 𝑤 ∈ 𝑧 ) )
10 8 9 ax-mp ⊢ ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑊 ∀ 𝑦 ∈ 𝑊 ∃ 𝑧 ∈ 𝑊 ∀ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑊 ( ( 𝑤 = 𝑥 ∨ 𝑤 = 𝑦 ) → 𝑤 ∈ 𝑧 )