Theorem oneltri

Description: The elementhood relation on the ordinals is complete, so we have triality. Theorem 1.9(iii) of Schloeder p. 1. See ordtri3or . (Contributed by RP, 15-Jan-2025)

	Ref	Expression
Assertion	oneltri	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ On ∧ 𝐵 ∈ On ) → ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝐵 ∨ 𝐵 ∈ 𝐴 ∨ 𝐴 = 𝐵 ) )

Proof

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		eloni	⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ On → Ord 𝐴 )
2		eloni	⊢ ( 𝐵 ∈ On → Ord 𝐵 )
3		ordtri3or	⊢ ( ( Ord 𝐴 ∧ Ord 𝐵 ) → ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝐵 ∨ 𝐴 = 𝐵 ∨ 𝐵 ∈ 𝐴 ) )
4	1 2 3	syl2an	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ On ∧ 𝐵 ∈ On ) → ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝐵 ∨ 𝐴 = 𝐵 ∨ 𝐵 ∈ 𝐴 ) )
5		3orcomb	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝐵 ∨ 𝐴 = 𝐵 ∨ 𝐵 ∈ 𝐴 ) ↔ ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝐵 ∨ 𝐵 ∈ 𝐴 ∨ 𝐴 = 𝐵 ) )
6	4 5	sylib	⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ On ∧ 𝐵 ∈ On ) → ( 𝐴 ∈ 𝐵 ∨ 𝐵 ∈ 𝐴 ∨ 𝐴 = 𝐵 ) )