Metamath Proof Explorer


Axiom ax-un

Description: Axiom of Union. An axiom of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. It states that a set y exists that includes the union of a given set x i.e. the collection of all members of the members of x . The variant axun2 states that the union itself exists. A version with the standard abbreviation for union is uniex2 . A version using class notation is uniex .

The union of a class df-uni should not be confused with the union of two classes df-un . Their relationship is shown in unipr . (Contributed by NM, 23-Dec-1993)

Ref Expression
Assertion ax-un 𝑦𝑧 ( ∃ 𝑤 ( 𝑧𝑤𝑤𝑥 ) → 𝑧𝑦 )

Detailed syntax breakdown

Step Hyp Ref Expression
0 vy 𝑦
1 vz 𝑧
2 vw 𝑤
3 1 cv 𝑧
4 2 cv 𝑤
5 3 4 wcel 𝑧𝑤
6 vx 𝑥
7 6 cv 𝑥
8 4 7 wcel 𝑤𝑥
9 5 8 wa ( 𝑧𝑤𝑤𝑥 )
10 9 2 wex 𝑤 ( 𝑧𝑤𝑤𝑥 )
11 0 cv 𝑦
12 3 11 wcel 𝑧𝑦
13 10 12 wi ( ∃ 𝑤 ( 𝑧𝑤𝑤𝑥 ) → 𝑧𝑦 )
14 13 1 wal 𝑧 ( ∃ 𝑤 ( 𝑧𝑤𝑤𝑥 ) → 𝑧𝑦 )
15 14 0 wex 𝑦𝑧 ( ∃ 𝑤 ( 𝑧𝑤𝑤𝑥 ) → 𝑧𝑦 )