Description: The singleton of a proper class (one that doesn't exist) is the empty set. Theorem 7.2 of Quine p. 48. (Contributed by NM, 21-Jun-1993)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assertion | snprc | ⊢ ( ¬ 𝐴 ∈ V ↔ { 𝐴 } = ∅ ) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | velsn | ⊢ ( 𝑥 ∈ { 𝐴 } ↔ 𝑥 = 𝐴 ) | |
| 2 | 1 | exbii | ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑥 𝑥 ∈ { 𝐴 } ↔ ∃ 𝑥 𝑥 = 𝐴 ) |
| 3 | neq0 | ⊢ ( ¬ { 𝐴 } = ∅ ↔ ∃ 𝑥 𝑥 ∈ { 𝐴 } ) | |
| 4 | isset | ⊢ ( 𝐴 ∈ V ↔ ∃ 𝑥 𝑥 = 𝐴 ) | |
| 5 | 2 3 4 | 3bitr4i | ⊢ ( ¬ { 𝐴 } = ∅ ↔ 𝐴 ∈ V ) |
| 6 | 5 | con1bii | ⊢ ( ¬ 𝐴 ∈ V ↔ { 𝐴 } = ∅ ) |