Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem rngass

Description: Associative law for the multiplication operation of a non-unital ring. (Contributed by NM, 27-Aug-2011) (Revised by AV, 13-Feb-2025)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses rngass.b ⊢ B = Base R
rngass.t ⊢ · ˙ = ⋅ R
Assertion rngass ⊢ R ∈ Rng ∧ X ∈ B ∧ Y ∈ B ∧ Z ∈ B → X · ˙ Y · ˙ Z = X · ˙ Y · ˙ Z

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 rngass.b ⊢ B = Base R
2 rngass.t ⊢ · ˙ = ⋅ R
3 eqid ⊢ mulGrp R = mulGrp R
4 3 rngmgp ⊢ R ∈ Rng → mulGrp R ∈ Smgrp
5 3 1 mgpbas ⊢ B = Base mulGrp R
6 3 2 mgpplusg ⊢ · ˙ = + mulGrp R
7 5 6 sgrpass ⊢ mulGrp R ∈ Smgrp ∧ X ∈ B ∧ Y ∈ B ∧ Z ∈ B → X · ˙ Y · ˙ Z = X · ˙ Y · ˙ Z
8 4 7 sylan ⊢ R ∈ Rng ∧ X ∈ B ∧ Y ∈ B ∧ Z ∈ B → X · ˙ Y · ˙ Z = X · ˙ Y · ˙ Z