P. 45 of Theorem List - Intuitionistic Logic Explorer

Theorem List for Intuitionistic Logic Explorer - 4401-4500   *Has distinct variable group(s)

Type	Label	Description
Statement
Theorem	sucidg 4401	Part of Proposition 7.23 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 41 (generalized). (Contributed by NM, 25-Mar-1995.) (Proof shortened by Scott Fenton, 20-Feb-2012.)
|- ( A e. V -> A e. suc A )
Theorem	sucid 4402	A set belongs to its successor. (Contributed by NM, 22-Jun-1994.) (Proof shortened by Alan Sare, 18-Feb-2012.) (Proof shortened by Scott Fenton, 20-Feb-2012.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- A e. suc A
Theorem	nsuceq0g 4403	No successor is empty. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 14-Oct-2018.)
|- ( A e. V -> suc A =/= (/) )
Theorem	eqelsuc 4404	A set belongs to the successor of an equal set. (Contributed by NM, 18-Aug-1994.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- ( A = B -> A e. suc B )
Theorem	iunsuc 4405*	Inductive definition for the indexed union at a successor. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 4-Feb-2013.) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 18-Nov-2016.)
|- A e. _V   &    |- ( x = A -> B = C )   =>    |- U_ x e. suc A B = ( U_ x e. A B u. C )
Theorem	suctr 4406	The successor of a transitive class is transitive. (Contributed by Alan Sare, 11-Apr-2009.)
|- ( Tr A -> Tr suc A )
Theorem	trsuc 4407	A set whose successor belongs to a transitive class also belongs. (Contributed by NM, 5-Sep-2003.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 12-Aug-2011.)
|- ( ( Tr A /\ suc B e. A ) -> B e. A )
Theorem	trsucss 4408	A member of the successor of a transitive class is a subclass of it. (Contributed by NM, 4-Oct-2003.)
|- ( Tr A -> ( B e. suc A -> B C_ A ) )
Theorem	sucssel 4409	A set whose successor is a subset of another class is a member of that class. (Contributed by NM, 16-Sep-1995.)
|- ( A e. V -> ( suc A C_ B -> A e. B ) )
Theorem	orduniss 4410	An ordinal class includes its union. (Contributed by NM, 13-Sep-2003.)
|- ( Ord A -> U. A C_ A )
Theorem	onordi 4411	An ordinal number is an ordinal class. (Contributed by NM, 11-Jun-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- Ord A
Theorem	ontrci 4412	An ordinal number is a transitive class. (Contributed by NM, 11-Jun-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- Tr A
Theorem	oneli 4413	A member of an ordinal number is an ordinal number. Theorem 7M(a) of [Enderton] p. 192. (Contributed by NM, 11-Jun-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- ( B e. A -> B e. On )
Theorem	onelssi 4414	A member of an ordinal number is a subset of it. (Contributed by NM, 11-Aug-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- ( B e. A -> B C_ A )
Theorem	onelini 4415	An element of an ordinal number equals the intersection with it. (Contributed by NM, 11-Jun-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- ( B e. A -> B = ( B i^i A ) )
Theorem	oneluni 4416	An ordinal number equals its union with any element. (Contributed by NM, 13-Jun-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- ( B e. A -> ( A u. B ) = A )
Theorem	onunisuci 4417	An ordinal number is equal to the union of its successor. (Contributed by NM, 12-Jun-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- U. suc A = A
2.4  IZF Set Theory - add the Axiom of Union
2.4.1  Introduce the Axiom of Union
Axiom	ax-un 4418*	Axiom of Union. An axiom of Intuitionistic Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. It states that a set y exists that includes the union of a given set x i.e. the collection of all members of the members of x. The variant axun2 4420 states that the union itself exists. A version with the standard abbreviation for union is uniex2 4421. A version using class notation is uniex 4422. This is Axiom 3 of [Crosilla] p. "Axioms of CZF and IZF", except (a) unnecessary quantifiers are removed, (b) Crosilla has a biconditional rather than an implication (but the two are equivalent by bm1.3ii 4110), and (c) the order of the conjuncts is swapped (which is equivalent by ancom 264). The union of a class df-uni 3797 should not be confused with the union of two classes df-un 3125. Their relationship is shown in unipr 3810. (Contributed by NM, 23-Dec-1993.)
|- E. y A. z ( E. w ( z e. w /\ w e. x ) -> z e. y )
Theorem	zfun 4419*	Axiom of Union expressed with the fewest number of different variables. (Contributed by NM, 14-Aug-2003.)
|- E. x A. y ( E. x ( y e. x /\ x e. z ) -> y e. x )
Theorem	axun2 4420*	A variant of the Axiom of Union ax-un 4418. For any set x, there exists a set y whose members are exactly the members of the members of x i.e. the union of x. Axiom Union of [BellMachover] p. 466. (Contributed by NM, 4-Jun-2006.)
|- E. y A. z ( z e. y <-> E. w ( z e. w /\ w e. x ) )
Theorem	uniex2 4421*	The Axiom of Union using the standard abbreviation for union. Given any set x, its union y exists. (Contributed by NM, 4-Jun-2006.)
|- E. y y = U. x
Theorem	uniex 4422	The Axiom of Union in class notation. This says that if A is a set i.e. A e. _V (see isset 2736), then the union of A is also a set. Same as Axiom 3 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 16. (Contributed by NM, 11-Aug-1993.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- U. A e. _V
Theorem	vuniex 4423	The union of a setvar is a set. (Contributed by BJ, 3-May-2021.)
|- U. x e. _V
Theorem	uniexg 4424	The ZF Axiom of Union in class notation, in the form of a theorem instead of an inference. We use the antecedent A e. V instead of A e. _V to make the theorem more general and thus shorten some proofs; obviously the universal class constant _V is one possible substitution for class variable V. (Contributed by NM, 25-Nov-1994.)
|- ( A e. V -> U. A e. _V )
Theorem	uniexd 4425	Deduction version of the ZF Axiom of Union in class notation. (Contributed by Glauco Siliprandi, 26-Jun-2021.)
|- ( ph -> A e. V )   =>    |- ( ph -> U. A e. _V )
Theorem	unex 4426	The union of two sets is a set. Corollary 5.8 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 16. (Contributed by NM, 1-Jul-1994.)
|- A e. _V   &    |- B e. _V   =>    |- ( A u. B ) e. _V
Theorem	unexb 4427	Existence of union is equivalent to existence of its components. (Contributed by NM, 11-Jun-1998.)
|- ( ( A e. _V /\ B e. _V ) <-> ( A u. B ) e. _V )
Theorem	unexg 4428	A union of two sets is a set. Corollary 5.8 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 16. (Contributed by NM, 18-Sep-2006.)
|- ( ( A e. V /\ B e. W ) -> ( A u. B ) e. _V )
Theorem	tpexg 4429	An unordered triple of classes exists. (Contributed by NM, 10-Apr-1994.)
|- ( ( A e. U /\ B e. V /\ C e. W ) -> { A , B , C } e. _V )
Theorem	unisn3 4430*	Union of a singleton in the form of a restricted class abstraction. (Contributed by NM, 3-Jul-2008.)
|- ( A e. B -> U. { x e. B | x = A } = A )
Theorem	abnexg 4431*	Sufficient condition for a class abstraction to be a proper class. The class F can be thought of as an expression in x and the abstraction appearing in the statement as the class of values F as x varies through A. Assuming the antecedents, if that class is a set, then so is the "domain" A. The converse holds without antecedent, see abrexexg 6097. Note that the second antecedent A. x e. A x e. F cannot be translated to A C_ F since F may depend on x. In applications, one may take F = { x } or F = ~P x (see snnex 4433 and pwnex 4434 respectively, proved from abnex 4432, which is a consequence of abnexg 4431 with A = _V). (Contributed by BJ, 2-Dec-2021.)
|- ( A. x e. A ( F e. V /\ x e. F ) -> ( { y | E. x e. A y = F } e. W -> A e. _V ) )
Theorem	abnex 4432*	Sufficient condition for a class abstraction to be a proper class. Lemma for snnex 4433 and pwnex 4434. See the comment of abnexg 4431. (Contributed by BJ, 2-May-2021.)
|- ( A. x ( F e. V /\ x e. F ) -> -. { y | E. x y = F } e. _V )
Theorem	snnex 4433*	The class of all singletons is a proper class. (Contributed by NM, 10-Oct-2008.) (Proof shortened by Eric Schmidt, 7-Dec-2008.)
|- { x | E. y x = { y } } e/ _V
Theorem	pwnex 4434*	The class of all power sets is a proper class. See also snnex 4433. (Contributed by BJ, 2-May-2021.)
|- { x | E. y x = ~P y } e/ _V
Theorem	opeluu 4435	Each member of an ordered pair belongs to the union of the union of a class to which the ordered pair belongs. Lemma 3D of [Enderton] p. 41. (Contributed by NM, 31-Mar-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 27-Feb-2016.)
|- A e. _V   &    |- B e. _V   =>    |- ( <. A , B >. e. C -> ( A e. U. U. C /\ B e. U. U. C ) )
Theorem	uniuni 4436*	Expression for double union that moves union into a class builder. (Contributed by FL, 28-May-2007.)
|- U. U. A = U. { x | E. y ( x = U. y /\ y e. A ) }
Theorem	eusv1 4437*	Two ways to express single-valuedness of a class expression A ( x ). (Contributed by NM, 14-Oct-2010.)
|- ( E! y A. x y = A <-> E. y A. x y = A )
Theorem	eusvnf 4438*	Even if x is free in A, it is effectively bound when A ( x ) is single-valued. (Contributed by NM, 14-Oct-2010.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 14-Oct-2016.)
|- ( E! y A. x y = A -> F/_ x A )
Theorem	eusvnfb 4439*	Two ways to say that A ( x ) is a set expression that does not depend on x. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 18-Nov-2016.)
|- ( E! y A. x y = A <-> ( F/_ x A /\ A e. _V ) )
Theorem	eusv2i 4440*	Two ways to express single-valuedness of a class expression A ( x ). (Contributed by NM, 14-Oct-2010.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 18-Nov-2016.)
|- ( E! y A. x y = A -> E! y E. x y = A )
Theorem	eusv2nf 4441*	Two ways to express single-valuedness of a class expression A ( x ). (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 18-Nov-2016.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- ( E! y E. x y = A <-> F/_ x A )
Theorem	eusv2 4442*	Two ways to express single-valuedness of a class expression A ( x ). (Contributed by NM, 15-Oct-2010.) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 18-Nov-2016.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- ( E! y E. x y = A <-> E! y A. x y = A )
Theorem	reusv1 4443*	Two ways to express single-valuedness of a class expression C ( y ). (Contributed by NM, 16-Dec-2012.) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 18-Nov-2016.)
|- ( E. y e. B ph -> ( E! x e. A A. y e. B ( ph -> x = C ) <-> E. x e. A A. y e. B ( ph -> x = C ) ) )
Theorem	reusv3i 4444*	Two ways of expressing existential uniqueness via an indirect equality. (Contributed by NM, 23-Dec-2012.)
|- ( y = z -> ( ph <-> ps ) )   &    |- ( y = z -> C = D )   =>    |- ( E. x e. A A. y e. B ( ph -> x = C ) -> A. y e. B A. z e. B ( ( ph /\ ps ) -> C = D ) )
Theorem	reusv3 4445*	Two ways to express single-valuedness of a class expression C ( y ). See reusv1 4443 for the connection to uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 27-Dec-2012.)
|- ( y = z -> ( ph <-> ps ) )   &    |- ( y = z -> C = D )   =>    |- ( E. y e. B ( ph /\ C e. A ) -> ( A. y e. B A. z e. B ( ( ph /\ ps ) -> C = D ) <-> E. x e. A A. y e. B ( ph -> x = C ) ) )
Theorem	alxfr 4446*	Transfer universal quantification from a variable x to another variable y contained in expression A. (Contributed by NM, 18-Feb-2007.)
|- ( x = A -> ( ph <-> ps ) )   =>    |- ( ( A. y A e. B /\ A. x E. y x = A ) -> ( A. x ph <-> A. y ps ) )
Theorem	ralxfrd 4447*	Transfer universal quantification from a variable x to another variable y contained in expression A. (Contributed by NM, 15-Aug-2014.) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 19-Nov-2016.)
|- ( ( ph /\ y e. C ) -> A e. B )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ x e. B ) -> E. y e. C x = A )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ x = A ) -> ( ps <-> ch ) )   =>    |- ( ph -> ( A. x e. B ps <-> A. y e. C ch ) )
Theorem	rexxfrd 4448*	Transfer universal quantification from a variable x to another variable y contained in expression A. (Contributed by FL, 10-Apr-2007.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Aug-2014.)
|- ( ( ph /\ y e. C ) -> A e. B )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ x e. B ) -> E. y e. C x = A )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ x = A ) -> ( ps <-> ch ) )   =>    |- ( ph -> ( E. x e. B ps <-> E. y e. C ch ) )
Theorem	ralxfr2d 4449*	Transfer universal quantification from a variable x to another variable y contained in expression A. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 20-Aug-2014.)
|- ( ( ph /\ y e. C ) -> A e. V )   &    |- ( ph -> ( x e. B <-> E. y e. C x = A ) )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ x = A ) -> ( ps <-> ch ) )   =>    |- ( ph -> ( A. x e. B ps <-> A. y e. C ch ) )
Theorem	rexxfr2d 4450*	Transfer universal quantification from a variable x to another variable y contained in expression A. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 20-Aug-2014.) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 19-Nov-2016.)
|- ( ( ph /\ y e. C ) -> A e. V )   &    |- ( ph -> ( x e. B <-> E. y e. C x = A ) )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ x = A ) -> ( ps <-> ch ) )   =>    |- ( ph -> ( E. x e. B ps <-> E. y e. C ch ) )
Theorem	ralxfr 4451*	Transfer universal quantification from a variable x to another variable y contained in expression A. (Contributed by NM, 10-Jun-2005.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Aug-2014.)
|- ( y e. C -> A e. B )   &    |- ( x e. B -> E. y e. C x = A )   &    |- ( x = A -> ( ph <-> ps ) )   =>    |- ( A. x e. B ph <-> A. y e. C ps )
Theorem	ralxfrALT 4452*	Transfer universal quantification from a variable x to another variable y contained in expression A. This proof does not use ralxfrd 4447. (Contributed by NM, 10-Jun-2005.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Aug-2014.) (Proof modification is discouraged.) (New usage is discouraged.)
|- ( y e. C -> A e. B )   &    |- ( x e. B -> E. y e. C x = A )   &    |- ( x = A -> ( ph <-> ps ) )   =>    |- ( A. x e. B ph <-> A. y e. C ps )
Theorem	rexxfr 4453*	Transfer existence from a variable x to another variable y contained in expression A. (Contributed by NM, 10-Jun-2005.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Aug-2014.)
|- ( y e. C -> A e. B )   &    |- ( x e. B -> E. y e. C x = A )   &    |- ( x = A -> ( ph <-> ps ) )   =>    |- ( E. x e. B ph <-> E. y e. C ps )
Theorem	rabxfrd 4454*	Class builder membership after substituting an expression A (containing y) for x in the class expression ch. (Contributed by NM, 16-Jan-2012.)
|- F/_ y B   &    |- F/_ y C   &    |- ( ( ph /\ y e. D ) -> A e. D )   &    |- ( x = A -> ( ps <-> ch ) )   &    |- ( y = B -> A = C )   =>    |- ( ( ph /\ B e. D ) -> ( C e. { x e. D | ps } <-> B e. { y e. D | ch } ) )
Theorem	rabxfr 4455*	Class builder membership after substituting an expression A (containing y) for x in the class expression ph. (Contributed by NM, 10-Jun-2005.)
|- F/_ y B   &    |- F/_ y C   &    |- ( y e. D -> A e. D )   &    |- ( x = A -> ( ph <-> ps ) )   &    |- ( y = B -> A = C )   =>    |- ( B e. D -> ( C e. { x e. D | ph } <-> B e. { y e. D | ps } ) )
Theorem	reuhypd 4456*	A theorem useful for eliminating restricted existential uniqueness hypotheses. (Contributed by NM, 16-Jan-2012.)
|- ( ( ph /\ x e. C ) -> B e. C )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ x e. C /\ y e. C ) -> ( x = A <-> y = B ) )   =>    |- ( ( ph /\ x e. C ) -> E! y e. C x = A )
Theorem	reuhyp 4457*	A theorem useful for eliminating restricted existential uniqueness hypotheses. (Contributed by NM, 15-Nov-2004.)
|- ( x e. C -> B e. C )   &    |- ( ( x e. C /\ y e. C ) -> ( x = A <-> y = B ) )   =>    |- ( x e. C -> E! y e. C x = A )
Theorem	uniexb 4458	The Axiom of Union and its converse. A class is a set iff its union is a set. (Contributed by NM, 11-Nov-2003.)
|- ( A e. _V <-> U. A e. _V )
Theorem	pwexb 4459	The Axiom of Power Sets and its converse. A class is a set iff its power class is a set. (Contributed by NM, 11-Nov-2003.)
|- ( A e. _V <-> ~P A e. _V )
Theorem	elpwpwel 4460	A class belongs to a double power class if and only if its union belongs to the power class. (Contributed by BJ, 22-Jan-2023.)
|- ( A e. ~P ~P B <-> U. A e. ~P B )
Theorem	univ 4461	The union of the universe is the universe. Exercise 4.12(c) of [Mendelson] p. 235. (Contributed by NM, 14-Sep-2003.)
|- U. _V = _V
Theorem	eldifpw 4462	Membership in a power class difference. (Contributed by NM, 25-Mar-2007.)
|- C e. _V   =>    |- ( ( A e. ~P B /\ -. C C_ B ) -> ( A u. C ) e. ( ~P ( B u. C ) \ ~P B ) )
Theorem	op1stb 4463	Extract the first member of an ordered pair. Theorem 73 of [Suppes] p. 42. (Contributed by NM, 25-Nov-2003.)
|- A e. _V   &    |- B e. _V   =>    |- |^| |^| <. A , B >. = A
Theorem	op1stbg 4464	Extract the first member of an ordered pair. Theorem 73 of [Suppes] p. 42. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 17-Dec-2018.)
|- ( ( A e. V /\ B e. W ) -> |^| |^| <. A , B >. = A )
Theorem	iunpw 4465*	An indexed union of a power class in terms of the power class of the union of its index. Part of Exercise 24(b) of [Enderton] p. 33. (Contributed by NM, 29-Nov-2003.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- ( E. x e. A x = U. A <-> ~P U. A = U_ x e. A ~P x )
Theorem	ifelpwung 4466	Existence of a conditional class, quantitative version (closed form). (Contributed by BJ, 15-Aug-2024.)
|- ( ( A e. V /\ B e. W ) -> if ( ph , A , B ) e. ~P ( A u. B ) )
Theorem	ifelpwund 4467	Existence of a conditional class, quantitative version (deduction form). (Contributed by BJ, 15-Aug-2024.)
|- ( ph -> A e. V )   &    |- ( ph -> B e. W )   =>    |- ( ph -> if ( ps , A , B ) e. ~P ( A u. B ) )
Theorem	ifelpwun 4468	Existence of a conditional class, quantitative version (inference form). (Contributed by BJ, 15-Aug-2024.)
|- A e. _V   &    |- B e. _V   =>    |- if ( ph , A , B ) e. ~P ( A u. B )
Theorem	ifexd 4469	Existence of a conditional class (deduction form). (Contributed by BJ, 15-Aug-2024.)
|- ( ph -> A e. V )   &    |- ( ph -> B e. W )   =>    |- ( ph -> if ( ps , A , B ) e. _V )
2.4.2  Ordinals (continued)
Theorem	ordon 4470	The class of all ordinal numbers is ordinal. Proposition 7.12 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 38, but without using the Axiom of Regularity. (Contributed by NM, 17-May-1994.)
|- Ord On
Theorem	ssorduni 4471	The union of a class of ordinal numbers is ordinal. Proposition 7.19 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 40. (Contributed by NM, 30-May-1994.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 12-Aug-2011.)
|- ( A C_ On -> Ord U. A )
Theorem	ssonuni 4472	The union of a set of ordinal numbers is an ordinal number. Theorem 9 of [Suppes] p. 132. (Contributed by NM, 1-Nov-2003.)
|- ( A e. V -> ( A C_ On -> U. A e. On ) )
Theorem	ssonunii 4473	The union of a set of ordinal numbers is an ordinal number. Corollary 7N(d) of [Enderton] p. 193. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-2003.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- ( A C_ On -> U. A e. On )
Theorem	onun2 4474	The union of two ordinal numbers is an ordinal number. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 25-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A u. B ) e. On )
Theorem	onun2i 4475	The union of two ordinal numbers is an ordinal number. (Contributed by NM, 13-Jun-1994.) (Constructive proof by Jim Kingdon, 25-Jul-2019.)
|- A e. On   &    |- B e. On   =>    |- ( A u. B ) e. On
Theorem	ordsson 4476	Any ordinal class is a subclass of the class of ordinal numbers. Corollary 7.15 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 38. (Contributed by NM, 18-May-1994.)
|- ( Ord A -> A C_ On )
Theorem	onss 4477	An ordinal number is a subset of the class of ordinal numbers. (Contributed by NM, 5-Jun-1994.)
|- ( A e. On -> A C_ On )
Theorem	onuni 4478	The union of an ordinal number is an ordinal number. (Contributed by NM, 29-Sep-2006.)
|- ( A e. On -> U. A e. On )
Theorem	orduni 4479	The union of an ordinal class is ordinal. (Contributed by NM, 12-Sep-2003.)
|- ( Ord A -> Ord U. A )
Theorem	bm2.5ii 4480*	Problem 2.5(ii) of [BellMachover] p. 471. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-2003.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- ( A C_ On -> U. A = |^| { x e. On | A. y e. A y C_ x } )
Theorem	sucexb 4481	A successor exists iff its class argument exists. (Contributed by NM, 22-Jun-1998.)
|- ( A e. _V <-> suc A e. _V )
Theorem	sucexg 4482	The successor of a set is a set (generalization). (Contributed by NM, 5-Jun-1994.)
|- ( A e. V -> suc A e. _V )
Theorem	sucex 4483	The successor of a set is a set. (Contributed by NM, 30-Aug-1993.)
|- A e. _V   =>    |- suc A e. _V
Theorem	ordsucim 4484	The successor of an ordinal class is ordinal. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 8-Nov-2018.)
|- ( Ord A -> Ord suc A )
Theorem	suceloni 4485	The successor of an ordinal number is an ordinal number. Proposition 7.24 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 41. (Contributed by NM, 6-Jun-1994.)
|- ( A e. On -> suc A e. On )
Theorem	ordsucg 4486	The successor of an ordinal class is ordinal. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 20-Nov-2018.)
|- ( A e. _V -> ( Ord A <-> Ord suc A ) )
Theorem	sucelon 4487	The successor of an ordinal number is an ordinal number. (Contributed by NM, 9-Sep-2003.)
|- ( A e. On <-> suc A e. On )
Theorem	ordsucss 4488	The successor of an element of an ordinal class is a subset of it. (Contributed by NM, 21-Jun-1998.)
|- ( Ord B -> ( A e. B -> suc A C_ B ) )
Theorem	ordelsuc 4489	A set belongs to an ordinal iff its successor is a subset of the ordinal. Exercise 8 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 42 and its converse. (Contributed by NM, 29-Nov-2003.)
|- ( ( A e. C /\ Ord B ) -> ( A e. B <-> suc A C_ B ) )
Theorem	onsucssi 4490	A set belongs to an ordinal number iff its successor is a subset of the ordinal number. Exercise 8 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 42 and its converse. (Contributed by NM, 16-Sep-1995.)
|- A e. On   &    |- B e. On   =>    |- ( A e. B <-> suc A C_ B )
Theorem	onsucmin 4491*	The successor of an ordinal number is the smallest larger ordinal number. (Contributed by NM, 28-Nov-2003.)
|- ( A e. On -> suc A = |^| { x e. On | A e. x } )
Theorem	onsucelsucr 4492	Membership is inherited by predecessors. The converse, for all ordinals, implies excluded middle, as shown at onsucelsucexmid 4514. However, the converse does hold where B is a natural number, as seen at nnsucelsuc 6470. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 17-Jul-2019.)
|- ( B e. On -> ( suc A e. suc B -> A e. B ) )
Theorem	onsucsssucr 4493	The subclass relationship between two ordinals is inherited by their predecessors. The converse implies excluded middle, as shown at onsucsssucexmid 4511. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro and Jim Kingdon, 29-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ Ord B ) -> ( suc A C_ suc B -> A C_ B ) )
Theorem	sucunielr 4494	Successor and union. The converse (where B is an ordinal) implies excluded middle, as seen at ordsucunielexmid 4515. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 2-Aug-2019.)
|- ( suc A e. B -> A e. U. B )
Theorem	unon 4495	The class of all ordinal numbers is its own union. Exercise 11 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 40. (Contributed by NM, 12-Nov-2003.)
|- U. On = On
Theorem	onuniss2 4496*	The union of the ordinal subsets of an ordinal number is that number. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 2-Aug-2019.)
|- ( A e. On -> U. { x e. On | x C_ A } = A )
Theorem	limon 4497	The class of ordinal numbers is a limit ordinal. (Contributed by NM, 24-Mar-1995.)
|- Lim On
Theorem	ordunisuc2r 4498*	An ordinal which contains the successor of each of its members is equal to its union. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 14-Nov-2018.)
|- ( Ord A -> ( A. x e. A suc x e. A -> A = U. A ) )
Theorem	onssi 4499	An ordinal number is a subset of On. (Contributed by NM, 11-Aug-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- A C_ On
Theorem	onsuci 4500	The successor of an ordinal number is an ordinal number. Corollary 7N(c) of [Enderton] p. 193. (Contributed by NM, 12-Jun-1994.)
|- A e. On   =>    |- suc A e. On