Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem xpsneng

Description: A set is equinumerous to its Cartesian product with a singleton. Proposition 4.22(c) of Mendelson p. 254. (Contributed by NM, 22-Oct-2004)

Ref Expression
Assertion xpsneng ( ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝑉 ∧ 𝐵 ∈ 𝑊 ) → ( 𝐴 × { 𝐵 } ) ≈ 𝐴 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 xpeq1 ⊢ ( 𝑥 = 𝐴 → ( 𝑥 × { 𝑦 } ) = ( 𝐴 × { 𝑦 } ) )
2 id ⊢ ( 𝑥 = 𝐴 → 𝑥 = 𝐴 )
3 1 2 breq12d ⊢ ( 𝑥 = 𝐴 → ( ( 𝑥 × { 𝑦 } ) ≈ 𝑥 ↔ ( 𝐴 × { 𝑦 } ) ≈ 𝐴 ) )
4 sneq ⊢ ( 𝑦 = 𝐵 → { 𝑦 } = { 𝐵 } )
5 4 xpeq2d ⊢ ( 𝑦 = 𝐵 → ( 𝐴 × { 𝑦 } ) = ( 𝐴 × { 𝐵 } ) )
6 5 breq1d ⊢ ( 𝑦 = 𝐵 → ( ( 𝐴 × { 𝑦 } ) ≈ 𝐴 ↔ ( 𝐴 × { 𝐵 } ) ≈ 𝐴 ) )
7 vex ⊢ 𝑥 ∈ V
8 vex ⊢ 𝑦 ∈ V
9 7 8 xpsnen ⊢ ( 𝑥 × { 𝑦 } ) ≈ 𝑥
10 3 6 9 vtocl2g ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝑉 ∧ 𝐵 ∈ 𝑊 ) → ( 𝐴 × { 𝐵 } ) ≈ 𝐴 )