Metamath Proof Explorer
		
		
		
		Description:  The rank of a union.  Part of Theorem 15.17(iv) of Monk1 p. 112.
       (Contributed by NM, 30-Nov-2003)  (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 17-Nov-2014)
		
			
				
					|  |  | Ref | Expression | 
					
						|  | Hypothesis | ranksn.1 | ⊢ 𝐴  ∈  V | 
				
					|  | Assertion | rankuni2 | ⊢  ( rank ‘ ∪  𝐴 )  =  ∪  𝑥  ∈  𝐴 ( rank ‘ 𝑥 ) | 
			
		
		
			
				Proof
				
					
						| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
						
							| 1 |  | ranksn.1 | ⊢ 𝐴  ∈  V | 
						
							| 2 |  | unir1 | ⊢ ∪  ( 𝑅1  “  On )  =  V | 
						
							| 3 | 1 2 | eleqtrri | ⊢ 𝐴  ∈  ∪  ( 𝑅1  “  On ) | 
						
							| 4 |  | rankuni2b | ⊢ ( 𝐴  ∈  ∪  ( 𝑅1  “  On )  →  ( rank ‘ ∪  𝐴 )  =  ∪  𝑥  ∈  𝐴 ( rank ‘ 𝑥 ) ) | 
						
							| 5 | 3 4 | ax-mp | ⊢ ( rank ‘ ∪  𝐴 )  =  ∪  𝑥  ∈  𝐴 ( rank ‘ 𝑥 ) |