Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem cnvxp

Description: The converse of a Cartesian product. Exercise 11 of Suppes p. 67. (Contributed by NM, 14-Aug-1999) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 27-Aug-2011) Avoid ax-11 . (Revised by SN, 26-Aug-2026)

Ref Expression
Assertion cnvxp ( 𝐴 × 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐵 × 𝐴 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 relcnv Rel ( 𝐴 × 𝐵 )
2 relxp Rel ( 𝐵 × 𝐴 )
3 vex 𝑥 ∈ V
4 vex 𝑦 ∈ V
5 3 4 brcnv ( 𝑥 ( 𝐴 × 𝐵 ) 𝑦𝑦 ( 𝐴 × 𝐵 ) 𝑥 )
6 ancom ( ( 𝑦𝐴𝑥𝐵 ) ↔ ( 𝑥𝐵𝑦𝐴 ) )
7 brxp ( 𝑦 ( 𝐴 × 𝐵 ) 𝑥 ↔ ( 𝑦𝐴𝑥𝐵 ) )
8 brxp ( 𝑥 ( 𝐵 × 𝐴 ) 𝑦 ↔ ( 𝑥𝐵𝑦𝐴 ) )
9 6 7 8 3bitr4i ( 𝑦 ( 𝐴 × 𝐵 ) 𝑥𝑥 ( 𝐵 × 𝐴 ) 𝑦 )
10 5 9 bitri ( 𝑥 ( 𝐴 × 𝐵 ) 𝑦𝑥 ( 𝐵 × 𝐴 ) 𝑦 )
11 1 2 10 eqbrriv ( 𝐴 × 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐵 × 𝐴 )