Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem mreuni

Description: Since the entire base set of a Moore collection is the greatest element of it, the base set can be recovered from a Moore collection by set union. (Contributed by Stefan O'Rear, 30-Jan-2015)

Ref Expression
Assertion mreuni
|- ( C e. ( Moore ` X ) -> U. C = X )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 mre1cl
 |-  ( C e. ( Moore ` X ) -> X e. C )
2 mresspw
 |-  ( C e. ( Moore ` X ) -> C C_ ~P X )
3 elpwuni
 |-  ( X e. C -> ( C C_ ~P X <-> U. C = X ) )
4 3 biimpa
 |-  ( ( X e. C /\ C C_ ~P X ) -> U. C = X )
5 1 2 4 syl2anc
 |-  ( C e. ( Moore ` X ) -> U. C = X )