P. 66 of Theorem List - Intuitionistic Logic Explorer

Theorem List for Intuitionistic Logic Explorer - 6501-6600   *Has distinct variable group(s)

Type	Label	Description
Statement
Theorem	freccllem 6501*	Lemma for freccl 6502. Just giving a name to a common expression to simplify the proof. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 27-Mar-2022.)
|- ( ph -> A e. S )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ z e. S ) -> ( F ` z ) e. S )   &    |- ( ph -> B e. om )   &    |- G = recs ( ( g e. _V |-> { x | ( E. m e. om ( dom g = suc m /\ x e. ( F ` ( g ` m ) ) ) \/ ( dom g = (/) /\ x e. A ) ) } ) )   =>    |- ( ph -> (frec ( F , A ) ` B ) e. S )
Theorem	freccl 6502*	Closure for finite recursion. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 27-Mar-2022.)
|- ( ph -> A e. S )   &    |- ( ( ph /\ z e. S ) -> ( F ` z ) e. S )   &    |- ( ph -> B e. om )   =>    |- ( ph -> (frec ( F , A ) ` B ) e. S )
Theorem	frecfcllem 6503*	Lemma for frecfcl 6504. Just giving a name to a common expression to simplify the proof. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 30-Mar-2022.)
|- G = recs ( ( g e. _V |-> { x | ( E. m e. om ( dom g = suc m /\ x e. ( F ` ( g ` m ) ) ) \/ ( dom g = (/) /\ x e. A ) ) } ) )   =>    |- ( ( A. z e. S ( F ` z ) e. S /\ A e. S ) -> frec ( F , A ) : om --> S )
Theorem	frecfcl 6504*	Finite recursion yields a function on the natural numbers. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 30-Mar-2022.)
|- ( ( A. z e. S ( F ` z ) e. S /\ A e. S ) -> frec ( F , A ) : om --> S )
Theorem	frecsuclem 6505*	Lemma for frecsuc 6506. Just giving a name to a common expression to simplify the proof. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 29-Mar-2022.)
|- G = ( g e. _V |-> { x | ( E. m e. om ( dom g = suc m /\ x e. ( F ` ( g ` m ) ) ) \/ ( dom g = (/) /\ x e. A ) ) } )   =>    |- ( ( A. z e. S ( F ` z ) e. S /\ A e. S /\ B e. om ) -> (frec ( F , A ) ` suc B ) = ( F ` (frec ( F , A ) ` B ) ) )
Theorem	frecsuc 6506*	The successor value resulting from finite recursive definition generation. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 31-Mar-2022.)
|- ( ( A. z e. S ( F ` z ) e. S /\ A e. S /\ B e. om ) -> (frec ( F , A ) ` suc B ) = ( F ` (frec ( F , A ) ` B ) ) )
Theorem	frecrdg 6507*	Transfinite recursion restricted to omega. Given a suitable characteristic function, df-frec 6490 produces the same results as df-irdg 6469 restricted to om. Presumably the theorem would also hold if F Fn _V were changed to A. z ( F ` z ) e. _V. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 29-Aug-2019.)
|- ( ph -> F Fn _V )   &    |- ( ph -> A e. V )   &    |- ( ph -> A. x x C_ ( F ` x ) )   =>    |- ( ph -> frec ( F , A ) = ( rec ( F , A ) |` om ) )
2.6.23  Ordinal arithmetic
Syntax	c1o 6508	Extend the definition of a class to include the ordinal number 1.
class 1o
Syntax	c2o 6509	Extend the definition of a class to include the ordinal number 2.
class 2o
Syntax	c3o 6510	Extend the definition of a class to include the ordinal number 3.
class 3o
Syntax	c4o 6511	Extend the definition of a class to include the ordinal number 4.
class 4o
Syntax	coa 6512	Extend the definition of a class to include the ordinal addition operation.
class +o
Syntax	comu 6513	Extend the definition of a class to include the ordinal multiplication operation.
class .o
Syntax	coei 6514	Extend the definition of a class to include the ordinal exponentiation operation.
class ↑o
Definition	df-1o 6515	Define the ordinal number 1. (Contributed by NM, 29-Oct-1995.)
|- 1o = suc (/)
Definition	df-2o 6516	Define the ordinal number 2. (Contributed by NM, 18-Feb-2004.)
|- 2o = suc 1o
Definition	df-3o 6517	Define the ordinal number 3. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 14-Jul-2013.)
|- 3o = suc 2o
Definition	df-4o 6518	Define the ordinal number 4. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 14-Jul-2013.)
|- 4o = suc 3o
Definition	df-oadd 6519*	Define the ordinal addition operation. (Contributed by NM, 3-May-1995.)
|- +o = ( x e. On , y e. On |-> ( rec ( ( z e. _V |-> suc z ) , x ) ` y ) )
Definition	df-omul 6520*	Define the ordinal multiplication operation. (Contributed by NM, 26-Aug-1995.)
|- .o = ( x e. On , y e. On |-> ( rec ( ( z e. _V |-> ( z +o x ) ) , (/) ) ` y ) )
Definition	df-oexpi 6521*	Define the ordinal exponentiation operation. This definition is similar to a conventional definition of exponentiation except that it defines (/) ↑o A to be 1o for all A e. On, in order to avoid having different cases for whether the base is (/) or not. We do not yet have an extensive development of ordinal exponentiation. For background on ordinal exponentiation without excluded middle, see Tom de Jong, Nicolai Kraus, Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg, and Chuangjie Xu (2025), "Ordinal Exponentiation in Homotopy Type Theory", arXiv:2501.14542 , https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14542 which is formalized in the TypeTopology proof library at https://ordinal-exponentiation-hott.github.io/. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 4-Jul-2019.)
|- ↑o = ( x e. On , y e. On |-> ( rec ( ( z e. _V |-> ( z .o x ) ) , 1o ) ` y ) )
Theorem	1on 6522	Ordinal 1 is an ordinal number. (Contributed by NM, 29-Oct-1995.)
|- 1o e. On
Theorem	1oex 6523	Ordinal 1 is a set. (Contributed by BJ, 4-Jul-2022.)
|- 1o e. _V
Theorem	2on 6524	Ordinal 2 is an ordinal number. (Contributed by NM, 18-Feb-2004.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 12-Aug-2011.)
|- 2o e. On
Theorem	2on0 6525	Ordinal two is not zero. (Contributed by Scott Fenton, 17-Jun-2011.)
|- 2o =/= (/)
Theorem	3on 6526	Ordinal 3 is an ordinal number. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 5-Jan-2016.)
|- 3o e. On
Theorem	4on 6527	Ordinal 3 is an ordinal number. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 5-Jan-2016.)
|- 4o e. On
Theorem	df1o2 6528	Expanded value of the ordinal number 1. (Contributed by NM, 4-Nov-2002.)
|- 1o = { (/) }
Theorem	df2o3 6529	Expanded value of the ordinal number 2. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 14-Aug-2015.)
|- 2o = { (/) , 1o }
Theorem	df2o2 6530	Expanded value of the ordinal number 2. (Contributed by NM, 29-Jan-2004.)
|- 2o = { (/) , { (/) } }
Theorem	1n0 6531	Ordinal one is not equal to ordinal zero. (Contributed by NM, 26-Dec-2004.)
|- 1o =/= (/)
Theorem	xp01disj 6532	Cartesian products with the singletons of ordinals 0 and 1 are disjoint. (Contributed by NM, 2-Jun-2007.)
|- ( ( A X. { (/) } ) i^i ( C X. { 1o } ) ) = (/)
Theorem	xp01disjl 6533	Cartesian products with the singletons of ordinals 0 and 1 are disjoint. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 11-Jul-2023.)
|- ( ( { (/) } X. A ) i^i ( { 1o } X. C ) ) = (/)
Theorem	ordgt0ge1 6534	Two ways to express that an ordinal class is positive. (Contributed by NM, 21-Dec-2004.)
|- ( Ord A -> ( (/) e. A <-> 1o C_ A ) )
Theorem	ordge1n0im 6535	An ordinal greater than or equal to 1 is nonzero. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 26-Jun-2019.)
|- ( Ord A -> ( 1o C_ A -> A =/= (/) ) )
Theorem	el1o 6536	Membership in ordinal one. (Contributed by NM, 5-Jan-2005.)
|- ( A e. 1o <-> A = (/) )
Theorem	dif1o 6537	Two ways to say that A is a nonzero number of the set B. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 21-May-2015.)
|- ( A e. ( B \ 1o ) <-> ( A e. B /\ A =/= (/) ) )
Theorem	2oconcl 6538	Closure of the pair swapping function on 2o. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 27-Sep-2015.)
|- ( A e. 2o -> ( 1o \ A ) e. 2o )
Theorem	0lt1o 6539	Ordinal zero is less than ordinal one. (Contributed by NM, 5-Jan-2005.)
|- (/) e. 1o
Theorem	0lt2o 6540	Ordinal zero is less than ordinal two. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 31-Jul-2022.)
|- (/) e. 2o
Theorem	1lt2o 6541	Ordinal one is less than ordinal two. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 31-Jul-2022.)
|- 1o e. 2o
Theorem	el2oss1o 6542	Being an element of ordinal two implies being a subset of ordinal one. The converse is equivalent to excluded middle by ss1oel2o 16066. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 8-Aug-2022.)
|- ( A e. 2o -> A C_ 1o )
Theorem	oafnex 6543	The characteristic function for ordinal addition is defined everywhere. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 27-Jul-2019.)
|- ( x e. _V |-> suc x ) Fn _V
Theorem	sucinc 6544*	Successor is increasing. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 25-Jun-2019.)
|- F = ( z e. _V |-> suc z )   =>    |- A. x x C_ ( F ` x )
Theorem	sucinc2 6545*	Successor is increasing. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 14-Jul-2019.)
|- F = ( z e. _V |-> suc z )   =>    |- ( ( B e. On /\ A e. B ) -> ( F ` A ) C_ ( F ` B ) )
Theorem	fnoa 6546	Functionality and domain of ordinal addition. (Contributed by NM, 26-Aug-1995.) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 3-Jul-2019.)
|- +o Fn ( On X. On )
Theorem	oaexg 6547	Ordinal addition is a set. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 3-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. V /\ B e. W ) -> ( A +o B ) e. _V )
Theorem	omfnex 6548*	The characteristic function for ordinal multiplication is defined everywhere. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 23-Aug-2019.)
|- ( A e. V -> ( x e. _V |-> ( x +o A ) ) Fn _V )
Theorem	fnom 6549	Functionality and domain of ordinal multiplication. (Contributed by NM, 26-Aug-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 3-Jul-2019.)
|- .o Fn ( On X. On )
Theorem	omexg 6550	Ordinal multiplication is a set. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 3-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. V /\ B e. W ) -> ( A .o B ) e. _V )
Theorem	fnoei 6551	Functionality and domain of ordinal exponentiation. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 29-May-2015.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 3-Jul-2019.)
|- ↑o Fn ( On X. On )
Theorem	oeiexg 6552	Ordinal exponentiation is a set. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 3-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. V /\ B e. W ) -> ( A ↑o B ) e. _V )
Theorem	oav 6553*	Value of ordinal addition. (Contributed by NM, 3-May-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 8-Sep-2013.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A +o B ) = ( rec ( ( x e. _V |-> suc x ) , A ) ` B ) )
Theorem	omv 6554*	Value of ordinal multiplication. (Contributed by NM, 17-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 23-Aug-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A .o B ) = ( rec ( ( x e. _V |-> ( x +o A ) ) , (/) ) ` B ) )
Theorem	oeiv 6555*	Value of ordinal exponentiation. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 9-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A ↑o B ) = ( rec ( ( x e. _V |-> ( x .o A ) ) , 1o ) ` B ) )
Theorem	oa0 6556	Addition with zero. Proposition 8.3 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 57. (Contributed by NM, 3-May-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 8-Sep-2013.)
|- ( A e. On -> ( A +o (/) ) = A )
Theorem	om0 6557	Ordinal multiplication with zero. Definition 8.15 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 62. (Contributed by NM, 17-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 8-Sep-2013.)
|- ( A e. On -> ( A .o (/) ) = (/) )
Theorem	oei0 6558	Ordinal exponentiation with zero exponent. Definition 8.30 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 67. (Contributed by NM, 31-Dec-2004.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 8-Sep-2013.)
|- ( A e. On -> ( A ↑o (/) ) = 1o )
Theorem	oacl 6559	Closure law for ordinal addition. Proposition 8.2 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 57. (Contributed by NM, 5-May-1995.) (Constructive proof by Jim Kingdon, 26-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A +o B ) e. On )
Theorem	omcl 6560	Closure law for ordinal multiplication. Proposition 8.16 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 57. (Contributed by NM, 3-Aug-2004.) (Constructive proof by Jim Kingdon, 26-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A .o B ) e. On )
Theorem	oeicl 6561	Closure law for ordinal exponentiation. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 26-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A ↑o B ) e. On )
Theorem	oav2 6562*	Value of ordinal addition. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro and Jim Kingdon, 12-Aug-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A +o B ) = ( A u. U_ x e. B suc ( A +o x ) ) )
Theorem	oasuc 6563	Addition with successor. Definition 8.1 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 56. (Contributed by NM, 3-May-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 8-Sep-2013.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A +o suc B ) = suc ( A +o B ) )
Theorem	omv2 6564*	Value of ordinal multiplication. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 23-Aug-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A .o B ) = U_ x e. B ( ( A .o x ) +o A ) )
Theorem	onasuc 6565	Addition with successor. Theorem 4I(A2) of [Enderton] p. 79. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 16-Nov-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. om ) -> ( A +o suc B ) = suc ( A +o B ) )
Theorem	oa1suc 6566	Addition with 1 is same as successor. Proposition 4.34(a) of [Mendelson] p. 266. (Contributed by NM, 29-Oct-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 16-Nov-2014.)
|- ( A e. On -> ( A +o 1o ) = suc A )
Theorem	o1p1e2 6567	1 + 1 = 2 for ordinal numbers. (Contributed by NM, 18-Feb-2004.)
|- ( 1o +o 1o ) = 2o
Theorem	oawordi 6568	Weak ordering property of ordinal addition. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 27-Jul-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On /\ C e. On ) -> ( A C_ B -> ( C +o A ) C_ ( C +o B ) ) )
Theorem	oawordriexmid 6569*	A weak ordering property of ordinal addition which implies excluded middle. The property is proposition 8.7 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 59. Compare with oawordi 6568. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 15-May-2022.)
|- ( ( a e. On /\ b e. On /\ c e. On ) -> ( a C_ b -> ( a +o c ) C_ ( b +o c ) ) )   =>    |- ( ph \/ -. ph )
Theorem	oaword1 6570	An ordinal is less than or equal to its sum with another. Part of Exercise 5 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 62. (Contributed by NM, 6-Dec-2004.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> A C_ ( A +o B ) )
Theorem	omsuc 6571	Multiplication with successor. Definition 8.15 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 62. (Contributed by NM, 17-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 8-Sep-2013.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. On ) -> ( A .o suc B ) = ( ( A .o B ) +o A ) )
Theorem	onmsuc 6572	Multiplication with successor. Theorem 4J(A2) of [Enderton] p. 80. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 14-Nov-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. On /\ B e. om ) -> ( A .o suc B ) = ( ( A .o B ) +o A ) )
2.6.24  Natural number arithmetic
Theorem	nna0 6573	Addition with zero. Theorem 4I(A1) of [Enderton] p. 79. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.)
|- ( A e. om -> ( A +o (/) ) = A )
Theorem	nnm0 6574	Multiplication with zero. Theorem 4J(A1) of [Enderton] p. 80. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.)
|- ( A e. om -> ( A .o (/) ) = (/) )
Theorem	nnasuc 6575	Addition with successor. Theorem 4I(A2) of [Enderton] p. 79. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 14-Nov-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A +o suc B ) = suc ( A +o B ) )
Theorem	nnmsuc 6576	Multiplication with successor. Theorem 4J(A2) of [Enderton] p. 80. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 14-Nov-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A .o suc B ) = ( ( A .o B ) +o A ) )
Theorem	nna0r 6577	Addition to zero. Remark in proof of Theorem 4K(2) of [Enderton] p. 81. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 14-Nov-2014.)
|- ( A e. om -> ( (/) +o A ) = A )
Theorem	nnm0r 6578	Multiplication with zero. Exercise 16 of [Enderton] p. 82. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Nov-2014.)
|- ( A e. om -> ( (/) .o A ) = (/) )
Theorem	nnacl 6579	Closure of addition of natural numbers. Proposition 8.9 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 59. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 22-Oct-2011.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A +o B ) e. om )
Theorem	nnmcl 6580	Closure of multiplication of natural numbers. Proposition 8.17 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 63. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 22-Oct-2011.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A .o B ) e. om )
Theorem	nnacli 6581	om is closed under addition. Inference form of nnacl 6579. (Contributed by Scott Fenton, 20-Apr-2012.)
|- A e. om   &    |- B e. om   =>    |- ( A +o B ) e. om
Theorem	nnmcli 6582	om is closed under multiplication. Inference form of nnmcl 6580. (Contributed by Scott Fenton, 20-Apr-2012.)
|- A e. om   &    |- B e. om   =>    |- ( A .o B ) e. om
Theorem	nnacom 6583	Addition of natural numbers is commutative. Theorem 4K(2) of [Enderton] p. 81. (Contributed by NM, 6-May-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Nov-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A +o B ) = ( B +o A ) )
Theorem	nnaass 6584	Addition of natural numbers is associative. Theorem 4K(1) of [Enderton] p. 81. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Nov-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om /\ C e. om ) -> ( ( A +o B ) +o C ) = ( A +o ( B +o C ) ) )
Theorem	nndi 6585	Distributive law for natural numbers (left-distributivity). Theorem 4K(3) of [Enderton] p. 81. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Nov-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om /\ C e. om ) -> ( A .o ( B +o C ) ) = ( ( A .o B ) +o ( A .o C ) ) )
Theorem	nnmass 6586	Multiplication of natural numbers is associative. Theorem 4K(4) of [Enderton] p. 81. (Contributed by NM, 20-Sep-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 15-Nov-2014.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om /\ C e. om ) -> ( ( A .o B ) .o C ) = ( A .o ( B .o C ) ) )
Theorem	nnmsucr 6587	Multiplication with successor. Exercise 16 of [Enderton] p. 82. (Contributed by NM, 21-Sep-1995.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 22-Oct-2011.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( suc A .o B ) = ( ( A .o B ) +o B ) )
Theorem	nnmcom 6588	Multiplication of natural numbers is commutative. Theorem 4K(5) of [Enderton] p. 81. (Contributed by NM, 21-Sep-1995.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 22-Oct-2011.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A .o B ) = ( B .o A ) )
Theorem	nndir 6589	Distributive law for natural numbers (right-distributivity). (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 3-Dec-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om /\ C e. om ) -> ( ( A +o B ) .o C ) = ( ( A .o C ) +o ( B .o C ) ) )
Theorem	nnsucelsuc 6590	Membership is inherited by successors. The reverse direction holds for all ordinals, as seen at onsucelsucr 4564, but the forward direction, for all ordinals, implies excluded middle as seen as onsucelsucexmid 4586. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 25-Aug-2019.)
|- ( B e. om -> ( A e. B <-> suc A e. suc B ) )
Theorem	nnsucsssuc 6591	Membership is inherited by successors. The reverse direction holds for all ordinals, as seen at onsucsssucr 4565, but the forward direction, for all ordinals, implies excluded middle as seen as onsucsssucexmid 4583. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 25-Aug-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A C_ B <-> suc A C_ suc B ) )
Theorem	nntri3or 6592	Trichotomy for natural numbers. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 25-Aug-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A e. B \/ A = B \/ B e. A ) )
Theorem	nntri2 6593	A trichotomy law for natural numbers. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 28-Aug-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A e. B <-> -. ( A = B \/ B e. A ) ) )
Theorem	nnsucuniel 6594	Given an element A of the union of a natural number B, suc A is an element of B itself. The reverse direction holds for all ordinals (sucunielr 4566). The forward direction for all ordinals implies excluded middle (ordsucunielexmid 4587). (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 13-Mar-2022.)
|- ( B e. om -> ( A e. U. B <-> suc A e. B ) )
Theorem	nntri1 6595	A trichotomy law for natural numbers. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 28-Aug-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A C_ B <-> -. B e. A ) )
Theorem	nntri3 6596	A trichotomy law for natural numbers. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 15-May-2020.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A = B <-> ( -. A e. B /\ -. B e. A ) ) )
Theorem	nntri2or2 6597	A trichotomy law for natural numbers. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 15-Sep-2021.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A C_ B \/ B C_ A ) )
Theorem	nndceq 6598	Equality of natural numbers is decidable. Theorem 7.2.6 of [HoTT], p. (varies). For the specific case where B is zero, see nndceq0 4674. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 31-Aug-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> DECID A = B )
Theorem	nndcel 6599	Set membership between two natural numbers is decidable. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 6-Sep-2019.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> DECID A e. B )
Theorem	nnsseleq 6600	For natural numbers, inclusion is equivalent to membership or equality. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 16-Sep-2021.)
|- ( ( A e. om /\ B e. om ) -> ( A C_ B <-> ( A e. B \/ A = B ) ) )