Metamath Proof Explorer
		
		
		
		Description:  The base set of a group is not empty.  (Contributed by Szymon
       Jaroszewicz, 3-Apr-2007)  (New usage is discouraged.)
		
			
				
					|  |  | Ref | Expression | 
					
						|  | Hypothesis | grpfo.1 | ⊢ 𝑋  =  ran  𝐺 | 
				
					|  | Assertion | grpon0 | ⊢  ( 𝐺  ∈  GrpOp  →  𝑋  ≠  ∅ ) | 
			
		
		
			
				Proof
				
					
						| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
						
							| 1 |  | grpfo.1 | ⊢ 𝑋  =  ran  𝐺 | 
						
							| 2 | 1 | grpolidinv | ⊢ ( 𝐺  ∈  GrpOp  →  ∃ 𝑢  ∈  𝑋 ∀ 𝑥  ∈  𝑋 ( ( 𝑢 𝐺 𝑥 )  =  𝑥  ∧  ∃ 𝑦  ∈  𝑋 ( 𝑦 𝐺 𝑥 )  =  𝑢 ) ) | 
						
							| 3 |  | rexn0 | ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑢  ∈  𝑋 ∀ 𝑥  ∈  𝑋 ( ( 𝑢 𝐺 𝑥 )  =  𝑥  ∧  ∃ 𝑦  ∈  𝑋 ( 𝑦 𝐺 𝑥 )  =  𝑢 )  →  𝑋  ≠  ∅ ) | 
						
							| 4 | 2 3 | syl | ⊢ ( 𝐺  ∈  GrpOp  →  𝑋  ≠  ∅ ) |