Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem tc00

Description: The transitive closure is empty iff its argument is. Proof suggested by Gérard Lang. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 4-Jun-2015)

Ref Expression
Assertion tc00 ( 𝐴𝑉 → ( ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ ↔ 𝐴 = ∅ ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 tcid ( 𝐴𝑉𝐴 ⊆ ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) )
2 sseq0 ( ( 𝐴 ⊆ ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) ∧ ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ ) → 𝐴 = ∅ )
3 2 ex ( 𝐴 ⊆ ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) → ( ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ → 𝐴 = ∅ ) )
4 1 3 syl ( 𝐴𝑉 → ( ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ → 𝐴 = ∅ ) )
5 fveq2 ( 𝐴 = ∅ → ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ( TC ‘ ∅ ) )
6 tc0 ( TC ‘ ∅ ) = ∅
7 5 6 eqtrdi ( 𝐴 = ∅ → ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ )
8 4 7 impbid1 ( 𝐴𝑉 → ( ( TC ‘ 𝐴 ) = ∅ ↔ 𝐴 = ∅ ) )