Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem cnveq0

Description: A relation empty iff its converse is empty. (Contributed by FL, 19-Sep-2011)

Ref Expression
Assertion cnveq0
|- ( Rel A -> ( A = (/) <-> `' A = (/) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 cnv0
 |-  `' (/) = (/)
2 rel0
 |-  Rel (/)
3 cnveqb
 |-  ( ( Rel A /\ Rel (/) ) -> ( A = (/) <-> `' A = `' (/) ) )
4 2 3 mpan2
 |-  ( Rel A -> ( A = (/) <-> `' A = `' (/) ) )
5 eqeq2
 |-  ( (/) = `' (/) -> ( `' A = (/) <-> `' A = `' (/) ) )
6 5 bibi2d
 |-  ( (/) = `' (/) -> ( ( A = (/) <-> `' A = (/) ) <-> ( A = (/) <-> `' A = `' (/) ) ) )
7 4 6 syl5ibr
 |-  ( (/) = `' (/) -> ( Rel A -> ( A = (/) <-> `' A = (/) ) ) )
8 7 eqcoms
 |-  ( `' (/) = (/) -> ( Rel A -> ( A = (/) <-> `' A = (/) ) ) )
9 1 8 ax-mp
 |-  ( Rel A -> ( A = (/) <-> `' A = (/) ) )