Theorem metsym

Description: The distance function of a metric space is symmetric. Definition 14-1.1(c) of Gleason p. 223. (Contributed by NM, 27-Aug-2006) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 20-Aug-2015)

	Ref	Expression
Assertion	metsym	⊢ ( ( 𝐷 ∈ ( Met ‘ 𝑋 ) ∧ 𝐴 ∈ 𝑋 ∧ 𝐵 ∈ 𝑋 ) → ( 𝐴 𝐷 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐵 𝐷 𝐴 ) )

Proof

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		metxmet	⊢ ( 𝐷 ∈ ( Met ‘ 𝑋 ) → 𝐷 ∈ ( ∞Met ‘ 𝑋 ) )
2		xmetsym	⊢ ( ( 𝐷 ∈ ( ∞Met ‘ 𝑋 ) ∧ 𝐴 ∈ 𝑋 ∧ 𝐵 ∈ 𝑋 ) → ( 𝐴 𝐷 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐵 𝐷 𝐴 ) )
3	1 2	syl3an1	⊢ ( ( 𝐷 ∈ ( Met ‘ 𝑋 ) ∧ 𝐴 ∈ 𝑋 ∧ 𝐵 ∈ 𝑋 ) → ( 𝐴 𝐷 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐵 𝐷 𝐴 ) )