Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem uni0

Description: The union of the empty set is the empty set. Theorem 8.7 of Quine p. 54. (Contributed by NM, 16-Sep-1993) Remove use of ax-nul . (Revised by Eric Schmidt, 4-Apr-2007) Avoid ax-11 . (Revised by TM, 1-Feb-2026)

Ref Expression
Assertion uni0 ∅ = ∅

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 noel ¬ 𝑦 ∈ ∅
2 1 intnan ¬ ( 𝑥𝑦𝑦 ∈ ∅ )
3 2 nex ¬ ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝑥𝑦𝑦 ∈ ∅ )
4 eluni ( 𝑥 ∅ ↔ ∃ 𝑦 ( 𝑥𝑦𝑦 ∈ ∅ ) )
5 3 4 mtbir ¬ 𝑥
6 5 nel0 ∅ = ∅