Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem uniwun

Description: Every set is contained in a weak universe. This is the analogue of grothtsk for weak universes, but it is provable in ZF without the Tarski-Grothendieck axiom, contrary to grothtsk . (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 2-Jan-2017)

Ref Expression
Assertion uniwun ∪ WUni = V

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 eqv ⊢ ( ∪ WUni = V ↔ ∀ 𝑥 𝑥 ∈ ∪ WUni )
2 vsnex ⊢ { 𝑥 } ∈ V
3 wunex ⊢ ( { 𝑥 } ∈ V → ∃ 𝑢 ∈ WUni { 𝑥 } ⊆ 𝑢 )
4 2 3 ax-mp ⊢ ∃ 𝑢 ∈ WUni { 𝑥 } ⊆ 𝑢
5 eluni2 ⊢ ( 𝑥 ∈ ∪ WUni ↔ ∃ 𝑢 ∈ WUni 𝑥 ∈ 𝑢 )
6 vex ⊢ 𝑥 ∈ V
7 6 snss ⊢ ( 𝑥 ∈ 𝑢 ↔ { 𝑥 } ⊆ 𝑢 )
8 7 rexbii ⊢ ( ∃ 𝑢 ∈ WUni 𝑥 ∈ 𝑢 ↔ ∃ 𝑢 ∈ WUni { 𝑥 } ⊆ 𝑢 )
9 5 8 bitri ⊢ ( 𝑥 ∈ ∪ WUni ↔ ∃ 𝑢 ∈ WUni { 𝑥 } ⊆ 𝑢 )
10 4 9 mpbir ⊢ 𝑥 ∈ ∪ WUni
11 1 10 mpgbir ⊢ ∪ WUni = V