Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem grpass

Description: A group operation is associative. (Contributed by NM, 14-Aug-2011)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses grpcl.b ⊢ B = Base G
grpcl.p ⊢ + ˙ = + G
Assertion grpass ⊢ G ∈ Grp ∧ X ∈ B ∧ Y ∈ B ∧ Z ∈ B → X + ˙ Y + ˙ Z = X + ˙ Y + ˙ Z

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 grpcl.b ⊢ B = Base G
2 grpcl.p ⊢ + ˙ = + G
3 grpmnd ⊢ G ∈ Grp → G ∈ Mnd
4 1 2 mndass ⊢ G ∈ Mnd ∧ X ∈ B ∧ Y ∈ B ∧ Z ∈ B → X + ˙ Y + ˙ Z = X + ˙ Y + ˙ Z
5 3 4 sylan ⊢ G ∈ Grp ∧ X ∈ B ∧ Y ∈ B ∧ Z ∈ B → X + ˙ Y + ˙ Z = X + ˙ Y + ˙ Z