Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem iotanul

Description: Theorem 8.22 in Quine p. 57. This theorem is the result if there isn't exactly one x that satisfies ph . (Contributed by Andrew Salmon, 11-Jul-2011)

Ref Expression
Assertion iotanul ( ¬ ∃! 𝑥 𝜑 → ( ℩ 𝑥 𝜑 ) = ∅ )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 eu6 ( ∃! 𝑥 𝜑 ↔ ∃ 𝑧𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) )
2 dfiota2 ( ℩ 𝑥 𝜑 ) = { 𝑧 ∣ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) }
3 alnex ( ∀ 𝑧 ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) ↔ ¬ ∃ 𝑧𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) )
4 dfnul2 ∅ = { 𝑧 ∣ ¬ 𝑧 = 𝑧 }
5 equid 𝑧 = 𝑧
6 5 tbt ( ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) ↔ ( ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) ↔ 𝑧 = 𝑧 ) )
7 6 biimpi ( ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → ( ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) ↔ 𝑧 = 𝑧 ) )
8 7 con1bid ( ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → ( ¬ 𝑧 = 𝑧 ↔ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) ) )
9 8 alimi ( ∀ 𝑧 ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → ∀ 𝑧 ( ¬ 𝑧 = 𝑧 ↔ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) ) )
10 abbi1 ( ∀ 𝑧 ( ¬ 𝑧 = 𝑧 ↔ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) ) → { 𝑧 ∣ ¬ 𝑧 = 𝑧 } = { 𝑧 ∣ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) } )
11 9 10 syl ( ∀ 𝑧 ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → { 𝑧 ∣ ¬ 𝑧 = 𝑧 } = { 𝑧 ∣ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) } )
12 4 11 syl5req ( ∀ 𝑧 ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → { 𝑧 ∣ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) } = ∅ )
13 3 12 sylbir ( ¬ ∃ 𝑧𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → { 𝑧 ∣ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) } = ∅ )
14 13 unieqd ( ¬ ∃ 𝑧𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → { 𝑧 ∣ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) } = ∅ )
15 uni0 ∅ = ∅
16 14 15 eqtrdi ( ¬ ∃ 𝑧𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → { 𝑧 ∣ ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) } = ∅ )
17 2 16 syl5eq ( ¬ ∃ 𝑧𝑥 ( 𝜑𝑥 = 𝑧 ) → ( ℩ 𝑥 𝜑 ) = ∅ )
18 1 17 sylnbi ( ¬ ∃! 𝑥 𝜑 → ( ℩ 𝑥 𝜑 ) = ∅ )