Theorem ru 2997

Description: Russell's Paradox. Proposition 4.14 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 14.

In the late 1800s, Frege's Axiom of (unrestricted) Comprehension, expressed in our notation as A e. _V, asserted that any collection of sets A is a set i.e. belongs to the universe _V of all sets. In particular, by substituting { x | x e/ x } (the "Russell class") for A, it asserted { x | x e/ x } e. _V, meaning that the "collection of all sets which are not members of themselves" is a set. However, here we prove { x | x e/ x } e/ _V. This contradiction was discovered by Russell in 1901 (published in 1903), invalidating the Comprehension Axiom and leading to the collapse of Frege's system.

In 1908, Zermelo rectified this fatal flaw by replacing Comprehension with a weaker Subset (or Separation) Axiom asserting that A is a set only when it is smaller than some other set B. The intuitionistic set theory IZF includes such a separation axiom, Axiom 6 of [Crosilla] p. "Axioms of CZF and IZF", which we include as ax-sep 4163. (Contributed by NM, 7-Aug-1994.)

Assertion

Ref	Expression
ru	|- { x | x e/ x } e/ _V

Proof of Theorem ru

Dummy variable y is distinct from all other variables.

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		pm5.19 708	. . . . . 6 |- -. ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y )
2		eleq1 2268	. . . . . . . 8 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. y <-> y e. y ) )
3		df-nel 2472	. . . . . . . . 9 |- ( x e/ x <-> -. x e. x )
4		id 19	. . . . . . . . . . 11 |- ( x = y -> x = y )
5	4, 4	eleq12d 2276	. . . . . . . . . 10 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. x <-> y e. y ) )
6	5	notbid 669	. . . . . . . . 9 |- ( x = y -> ( -. x e. x <-> -. y e. y ) )
7	3, 6	bitrid 192	. . . . . . . 8 |- ( x = y -> ( x e/ x <-> -. y e. y ) )
8	2, 7	bibi12d 235	. . . . . . 7 |- ( x = y -> ( ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) <-> ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y ) ) )
9	8	spv 1883	. . . . . 6 |- ( A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) -> ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y ) )
10	1, 9	mto 664	. . . . 5 |- -. A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x )
11		abeq2 2314	. . . . 5 |- ( y = { x | x e/ x } <-> A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) )
12	10, 11	mtbir 673	. . . 4 |- -. y = { x | x e/ x }
13	12	nex 1523	. . 3 |- -. E. y y = { x | x e/ x }
14		isset 2778	. . 3 |- ( { x | x e/ x } e. _V <-> E. y y = { x | x e/ x } )
15	13, 14	mtbir 673	. 2 |- -. { x | x e/ x } e. _V
16		df-nel 2472	. 2 |- ( { x | x e/ x } e/ _V <-> -. { x | x e/ x } e. _V )
17	15, 16	mpbir 146	1 |- { x | x e/ x } e/ _V

Syntax hints:   -. wn 3   <-> wb 105   A.wal 1371   = wceq 1373   E.wex 1515   e. wcel 2176   {cab 2191   e/ wnel 2471   _Vcvv 2772

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-ia1 106  ax-ia2 107  ax-ia3 108  ax-in1 615  ax-in2 616  ax-5 1470  ax-7 1471  ax-gen 1472  ax-ie1 1516  ax-ie2 1517  ax-8 1527  ax-11 1529  ax-4 1533  ax-17 1549  ax-i9 1553  ax-ial 1557  ax-i5r 1558  ax-ext 2187

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 117  df-tru 1376  df-fal 1379  df-nf 1484  df-sb 1786  df-clab 2192  df-cleq 2198  df-clel 2201  df-nel 2472  df-v 2774

This theorem is referenced by: (None)