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REAL AND COMPLEX NUMBERS
Construction and axiomatization of real and complex numbers
Real and complex number postulates restated as axioms
ax-addass
Metamath Proof Explorer
Description: Addition of complex numbers is associative. Axiom 9 of 22 for real and
complex numbers, justified by Theorem axaddass . Proofs should normally
use addass instead. (New usage is discouraged.) (Contributed by NM , 22-Nov-1994)
Ref
Expression
Assertion
ax-addass
⊢ A ∈ ℂ ∧ B ∈ ℂ ∧ C ∈ ℂ → A + B + C = A + B + C
Detailed syntax breakdown
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
0
cA
class A
1
cc
class ℂ
2
0 1
wcel
wff A ∈ ℂ
3
cB
class B
4
3 1
wcel
wff B ∈ ℂ
5
cC
class C
6
5 1
wcel
wff C ∈ ℂ
7
2 4 6
w3a
wff A ∈ ℂ ∧ B ∈ ℂ ∧ C ∈ ℂ
8
caddc
class +
9
0 3 8
co
class A + B
10
9 5 8
co
class A + B + C
11
3 5 8
co
class B + C
12
0 11 8
co
class A + B + C
13
10 12
wceq
wff A + B + C = A + B + C
14
7 13
wi
wff A ∈ ℂ ∧ B ∈ ℂ ∧ C ∈ ℂ → A + B + C = A + B + C