Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem difid

Description: The difference between a class and itself is the empty set. Proposition 5.15 of TakeutiZaring p. 20. Also Theorem 32 of Suppes p. 28. (Contributed by NM, 22-Apr-2004) (Revised by David Abernethy, 17-Jun-2012)

Ref Expression
Assertion difid
|- ( A \ A ) = (/)

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 dfdif2
 |-  ( A \ A ) = { x e. A | -. x e. A }
2 dfnul3
 |-  (/) = { x e. A | -. x e. A }
3 1 2 eqtr4i
 |-  ( A \ A ) = (/)