Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem ixp0

Description: The infinite Cartesian product of a family B ( x ) with an empty member is empty. The converse of this theorem is equivalent to the Axiom of Choice, see ac9 . (Contributed by NM, 1-Oct-2006) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 22-Jun-2016)

Ref Expression
Assertion ixp0 ( ∃ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ → X 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 nne ⊢ ( ¬ 𝐵 ≠ ∅ ↔ 𝐵 = ∅ )
2 1 rexbii ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ¬ 𝐵 ≠ ∅ ↔ ∃ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ )
3 rexnal ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 ¬ 𝐵 ≠ ∅ ↔ ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ )
4 2 3 bitr3i ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ ↔ ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ )
5 ixpn0 ⊢ ( X 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ → ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ )
6 5 necon1bi ⊢ ( ¬ ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 ≠ ∅ → X 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ )
7 4 6 sylbi ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ → X 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝐵 = ∅ )