Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem mt2

Description: A rule similar to modus tollens. Inference associated with con2i . (Contributed by NM, 19-Aug-1993) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 10-Sep-2013)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses mt2.1
|- ps
mt2.2
|- ( ph -> -. ps )
Assertion mt2
|- -. ph

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 mt2.1
 |-  ps
2 mt2.2
 |-  ( ph -> -. ps )
3 1 a1i
 |-  ( ph -> ps )
4 3 2 pm2.65i
 |-  -. ph