Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem dfnot

Description: Given falsum F. , we can define the negation of a wff ph as the statement that F. follows from assuming ph . (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 9-Feb-2017) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 21-Jul-2019)

Ref Expression
Assertion dfnot
|- ( -. ph <-> ( ph -> F. ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 fal
 |-  -. F.
2 mtt
 |-  ( -. F. -> ( -. ph <-> ( ph -> F. ) ) )
3 1 2 ax-mp
 |-  ( -. ph <-> ( ph -> F. ) )