Description: Cancellation law for subtraction. (Contributed by NM, 8-Feb-2005)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypotheses | negidi.1 | |- A e. CC | |
| pncan3i.2 | |- B e. CC | ||
| subadd.3 | |- C e. CC | ||
| Assertion | subcani | |- ( ( A - B ) = ( A - C ) <-> B = C ) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | negidi.1 | |- A e. CC | |
| 2 | pncan3i.2 | |- B e. CC | |
| 3 | subadd.3 | |- C e. CC | |
| 4 | subcan | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ B e. CC /\ C e. CC ) -> ( ( A - B ) = ( A - C ) <-> B = C ) ) | |
| 5 | 1 2 3 4 | mp3an | |- ( ( A - B ) = ( A - C ) <-> B = C ) |