Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem alephsson

Description: The class of transfinite cardinals (the range of the aleph function) is a subclass of the class of ordinal numbers. (Contributed by NM, 11-Nov-2003)

Ref Expression
Assertion alephsson ran ℵ ⊆ On

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 isinfcard ( ( ω ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ ( card ‘ 𝑥 ) = 𝑥 ) ↔ 𝑥 ∈ ran ℵ )
2 cardon ( card ‘ 𝑥 ) ∈ On
3 eleq1 ( ( card ‘ 𝑥 ) = 𝑥 → ( ( card ‘ 𝑥 ) ∈ On ↔ 𝑥 ∈ On ) )
4 2 3 mpbii ( ( card ‘ 𝑥 ) = 𝑥𝑥 ∈ On )
5 4 adantl ( ( ω ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ ( card ‘ 𝑥 ) = 𝑥 ) → 𝑥 ∈ On )
6 1 5 sylbir ( 𝑥 ∈ ran ℵ → 𝑥 ∈ On )
7 6 ssriv ran ℵ ⊆ On