Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem nnsscn

Description: The positive integers are a subset of the complex numbers. Remark: this could also be proven from nnssre and ax-resscn at the cost of using more axioms. (Contributed by NM, 2-Aug-2004) Reduce dependencies on axioms. (Revised by Steven Nguyen, 4-Oct-2022)

Ref Expression
Assertion nnsscn ℕ ⊆ ℂ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 ax-1cn 1 ∈ ℂ
2 peano2cn ( 𝑥 ∈ ℂ → ( 𝑥 + 1 ) ∈ ℂ )
3 2 rgen 𝑥 ∈ ℂ ( 𝑥 + 1 ) ∈ ℂ
4 peano5nni ( ( 1 ∈ ℂ ∧ ∀ 𝑥 ∈ ℂ ( 𝑥 + 1 ) ∈ ℂ ) → ℕ ⊆ ℂ )
5 1 3 4 mp2an ℕ ⊆ ℂ