Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem tfr2

Description: Principle of Transfinite Recursion, part 2 of 3. Theorem 7.41(2) of TakeutiZaring p. 47. Here we show that the function F has the property that for any function G whatsoever, the "next" value of F is G recursively applied to all "previous" values of F . (Contributed by NM, 9-Apr-1995) (Revised by Stefan O'Rear, 18-Jan-2015)

Ref Expression
Hypothesis tfr.1
|- F = recs ( G )
Assertion tfr2
|- ( A e. On -> ( F ` A ) = ( G ` ( F |` A ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 tfr.1
 |-  F = recs ( G )
2 1 tfr1
 |-  F Fn On
3 2 fndmi
 |-  dom F = On
4 3 eleq2i
 |-  ( A e. dom F <-> A e. On )
5 1 tfr2a
 |-  ( A e. dom F -> ( F ` A ) = ( G ` ( F |` A ) ) )
6 4 5 sylbir
 |-  ( A e. On -> ( F ` A ) = ( G ` ( F |` A ) ) )