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BASIC ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURES
Rings
Semirings
srgideu
Metamath Proof Explorer
Description: The unity element of a semiring is unique. (Contributed by NM , 27-Aug-2011) (Revised by Mario Carneiro , 6-Jan-2015) (Revised by Thierry Arnoux , 1-Apr-2018)
Ref
Expression
Hypotheses
srgcl.b
⊢ B = Base R
srgcl.t
⊢ · ˙ = ⋅ R
Assertion
srgideu
⊢ R ∈ SRing → ∃! u ∈ B ∀ x ∈ B u · ˙ x = x ∧ x · ˙ u = x
Proof
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
1
srgcl.b
⊢ B = Base R
2
srgcl.t
⊢ · ˙ = ⋅ R
3
eqid
⊢ mulGrp R = mulGrp R
4
3
srgmgp
⊢ R ∈ SRing → mulGrp R ∈ Mnd
5
3 1
mgpbas
⊢ B = Base mulGrp R
6
3 2
mgpplusg
⊢ · ˙ = + mulGrp R
7
5 6
mndideu
⊢ mulGrp R ∈ Mnd → ∃! u ∈ B ∀ x ∈ B u · ˙ x = x ∧ x · ˙ u = x
8
4 7
syl
⊢ R ∈ SRing → ∃! u ∈ B ∀ x ∈ B u · ˙ x = x ∧ x · ˙ u = x