Description: The only ring with one element is the zero ring (at least if its operations are internal binary operations). (Contributed by FL, 14-Feb-2010) (Revised by AV, 18-Jun-2026)
| Ref | Expression | ||
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| Hypotheses | rng1zr.b | |- B = ( Base ` R ) |
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| rng1zr.p | |- .+ = ( +g ` R ) |
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| rng1zr.t | |- .* = ( .r ` R ) |
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| Assertion | rngen1zr | |- ( ( ( R e. Rng /\ .+ Fn ( B X. B ) /\ .* Fn ( B X. B ) ) /\ Z e. B ) -> ( B ~~ 1o <-> ( .+ = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } /\ .* = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } ) ) ) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
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| 1 | rng1zr.b | |- B = ( Base ` R ) |
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| 2 | rng1zr.p | |- .+ = ( +g ` R ) |
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| 3 | rng1zr.t | |- .* = ( .r ` R ) |
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| 4 | en1eqsnbi | |- ( Z e. B -> ( B ~~ 1o <-> B = { Z } ) ) |
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| 5 | 4 | adantl | |- ( ( ( R e. Rng /\ .+ Fn ( B X. B ) /\ .* Fn ( B X. B ) ) /\ Z e. B ) -> ( B ~~ 1o <-> B = { Z } ) ) |
| 6 | 1 2 3 | rng1zr | |- ( ( ( R e. Rng /\ .+ Fn ( B X. B ) /\ .* Fn ( B X. B ) ) /\ Z e. B ) -> ( B = { Z } <-> ( .+ = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } /\ .* = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } ) ) ) |
| 7 | 5 6 | bitrd | |- ( ( ( R e. Rng /\ .+ Fn ( B X. B ) /\ .* Fn ( B X. B ) ) /\ Z e. B ) -> ( B ~~ 1o <-> ( .+ = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } /\ .* = { <. <. Z , Z >. , Z >. } ) ) ) |