Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem metge0

Description: The distance function of a metric space is nonnegative. (Contributed by NM, 27-Aug-2006) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 14-Aug-2015)

Ref Expression
Assertion metge0 ⊢ D ∈ Met ⁡ X ∧ A ∈ X ∧ B ∈ X → 0 ≤ A D B

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 metxmet ⊢ D ∈ Met ⁡ X → D ∈ ∞Met ⁡ X
2 xmetge0 ⊢ D ∈ ∞Met ⁡ X ∧ A ∈ X ∧ B ∈ X → 0 ≤ A D B
3 1 2 syl3an1 ⊢ D ∈ Met ⁡ X ∧ A ∈ X ∧ B ∈ X → 0 ≤ A D B