Theorem onprc 7807

Description: No set contains all ordinal numbers. Proposition 7.13 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 38, but without using the Axiom of Regularity. This is also known as the Burali-Forti paradox (remark in [Enderton] p. 194). In 1897, Cesare Burali-Forti noticed that since the "set" of all ordinal numbers is an ordinal class (ordon 7806), it must be both an element of the set of all ordinal numbers yet greater than every such element. ZF set theory resolves this paradox by not allowing the class of all ordinal numbers to be a set (so instead it is a proper class). Here we prove the denial of its existence. (Contributed by NM, 18-May-1994.)

Assertion

Ref	Expression
onprc	⊢ ¬ On ∈ V

Proof of Theorem onprc

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		ordon 7806	. . 3 ⊢ Ord On
2		ordirr 6408	. . 3 ⊢ (Ord On → ¬ On ∈ On)
3	1, 2	ax-mp 5	. 2 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ On
4		elong 6398	. . 3 ⊢ (On ∈ V → (On ∈ On ↔ Ord On))
5	1, 4	mpbiri 258	. 2 ⊢ (On ∈ V → On ∈ On)
6	3, 5	mto 197	1 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ V

Syntax hints:  ¬ wn 3   ∈ wcel 2108  Vcvv 3488  Ord word 6389  Oncon0 6390

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1793  ax-4 1807  ax-5 1909  ax-6 1967  ax-7 2007  ax-8 2110  ax-9 2118  ax-ext 2711  ax-sep 5317  ax-nul 5324  ax-pr 5447

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 207  df-an 396  df-or 847  df-3or 1088  df-3an 1089  df-tru 1540  df-fal 1550  df-ex 1778  df-sb 2065  df-clab 2718  df-cleq 2732  df-clel 2819  df-ne 2947  df-ral 3068  df-rex 3077  df-rab 3444  df-v 3490  df-dif 3979  df-un 3981  df-in 3983  df-ss 3993  df-pss 3996  df-nul 4353  df-if 4549  df-pw 4624  df-sn 4649  df-pr 4651  df-op 4655  df-uni 4932  df-br 5167  df-opab 5229  df-tr 5284  df-eprel 5599  df-po 5607  df-so 5608  df-fr 5650  df-we 5652  df-ord 6393  df-on 6394

This theorem is referenced by:  ordeleqon  7811  ssonprc  7817  sucon  7833  orduninsuc  7874  omelon2  7910  tfr2b  8446  tz7.48-3  8494  infensuc  9215  zorn2lem4  10562  noprc  27834