Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem card0

Description: The cardinality of the empty set is the empty set. (Contributed by NM, 25-Oct-2003)

Ref Expression
Assertion card0 ( card ‘ ∅ ) = ∅

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 0elon ∅ ∈ On
2 cardonle ( ∅ ∈ On → ( card ‘ ∅ ) ⊆ ∅ )
3 1 2 ax-mp ( card ‘ ∅ ) ⊆ ∅
4 ss0b ( ( card ‘ ∅ ) ⊆ ∅ ↔ ( card ‘ ∅ ) = ∅ )
5 3 4 mpbi ( card ‘ ∅ ) = ∅