Database CLASSICAL FIRST-ORDER LOGIC WITH EQUALITY Predicate calculus with equality:  Auxiliary axiom schemes (4 schemes) Axiom scheme ax-12 (Substitution) exlimimdd  
				
		 
		
			
		 
		Description:   Existential elimination rule of natural deduction.  (Contributed by ML , 17-Jul-2020)   Shorten exlimdd  .  (Revised by Wolf Lammen , 3-Sep-2023) 
		
			
				
					Ref 
					Expression 
				 
					
						Hypotheses 
						exlimdd.1 ⊢  Ⅎ 𝑥  𝜑   
					
						exlimdd.2 ⊢  Ⅎ 𝑥  𝜒   
					
						exlimdd.3 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  ∃ 𝑥  𝜓  )  
					
						exlimimdd.4 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  ( 𝜓   →  𝜒  ) )  
				
					Assertion 
					exlimimdd ⊢   ( 𝜑   →  𝜒  )  
			
		 
		
				Proof 
				
					
						Step 
						Hyp 
						Ref 
						Expression 
					 
						
							1 
								
							 
							exlimdd.1 ⊢  Ⅎ 𝑥  𝜑   
						
							2 
								
							 
							exlimdd.2 ⊢  Ⅎ 𝑥  𝜒   
						
							3 
								
							 
							exlimdd.3 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  ∃ 𝑥  𝜓  )  
						
							4 
								
							 
							exlimimdd.4 ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  ( 𝜓   →  𝜒  ) )  
						
							5 
								1  2  4 
							 
							exlimd ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  ( ∃ 𝑥  𝜓   →  𝜒  ) )  
						
							6 
								3  5 
							 
							mpd ⊢  ( 𝜑   →  𝜒  )