Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem xpnnen

Description: The Cartesian product of the set of positive integers with itself is equinumerous to the set of positive integers. (Contributed by NM, 1-Aug-2004) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 9-Mar-2013)

Ref Expression
Assertion xpnnen ( ℕ × ℕ ) ≈ ℕ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 nnenom ℕ ≈ ω
2 xpen ( ( ℕ ≈ ω ∧ ℕ ≈ ω ) → ( ℕ × ℕ ) ≈ ( ω × ω ) )
3 1 1 2 mp2an ( ℕ × ℕ ) ≈ ( ω × ω )
4 xpomen ( ω × ω ) ≈ ω
5 4 1 entr4i ( ω × ω ) ≈ ℕ
6 3 5 entri ( ℕ × ℕ ) ≈ ℕ