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| Description: Define exponentiation to
nonnegative integer powers. This definition is
not meant to be used directly; instead, exp0 6766
and expp1 6769 provide a
the standard recursive definition. The up-arrow notation is used by
Donald Knuth for iterated exponentiation (Science 194, 1235-1242,
1976) and is convenient for us since we don't have superscripts. See
expnnval 6767 for a description of how the recursive
sequence builder is
used. 10-Jun-2005: The definition was extended to include zero
exponents, so that |
| Ref | Expression |
|---|---|
| df-exp |
|
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cexp 6763 |
. 2
| |
| 2 | vx |
. . . . . . 7
| |
| 3 | 2 | cv 991 |
. . . . . 6
|
| 4 | cc 5386 |
. . . . . 6
| |
| 5 | 3, 4 | wcel 994 |
. . . . 5
|
| 6 | vy |
. . . . . . 7
| |
| 7 | 6 | cv 991 |
. . . . . 6
|
| 8 | cn0 5451 |
. . . . . 6
| |
| 9 | 7, 8 | wcel 994 |
. . . . 5
|
| 10 | 5, 9 | wa 221 |
. . . 4
|
| 11 | vz |
. . . . . 6
| |
| 12 | 11 | cv 991 |
. . . . 5
|
| 13 | cc0 5388 |
. . . . . . 7
| |
| 14 | 7, 13 | wceq 992 |
. . . . . 6
|
| 15 | c1 5389 |
. . . . . 6
| |
| 16 | cmul 5393 |
. . . . . . . 8
| |
| 17 | cn 5450 |
. . . . . . . . 9
| |
| 18 | 3 | csn 2467 |
. . . . . . . . 9
|
| 19 | 17, 18 | cxp 3249 |
. . . . . . . 8
|
| 20 | cseq1 6672 |
. . . . . . . 8
| |
| 21 | 16, 19, 20 | co 4021 |
. . . . . . 7
|
| 22 | 7, 21 | cfv 3263 |
. . . . . 6
|
| 23 | 14, 15, 22 | cif 2415 |
. . . . 5
|
| 24 | 12, 23 | wceq 992 |
. . . 4
|
| 25 | 10, 24 | wa 221 |
. . 3
|
| 26 | 25, 2, 6, 11 | copab2 4022 |
. 2
|
| 27 | 1, 26 | wceq 992 |
1
|
| Colors of variables: wff set class |
| This definition is referenced by: expval 6765 |