Theorem ru 3030

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 4207. (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		pm5.19 713	. . . . . 6 |- -. ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y )
2		eleq1 2294	. . . . . . . 8 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. y <-> y e. y ) )
3		df-nel 2498	. . . . . . . . 9 |- ( x e/ x <-> -. x e. x )
4		id 19	. . . . . . . . . . 11 |- ( x = y -> x = y )
5	4, 4	eleq12d 2302	. . . . . . . . . 10 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. x <-> y e. y ) )
6	5	notbid 673	. . . . . . . . 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 1908	. . . . . 6 |- ( A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) -> ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y ) )
10	1, 9	mto 668	. . . . 5 |- -. A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x )
11		abeq2 2340	. . . . 5 |- ( y = { x | x e/ x } <-> A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) )
12	10, 11	mtbir 677	. . . 4 |- -. y = { x | x e/ x }
13	12	nex 1548	. . 3 |- -. E. y y = { x | x e/ x }
14		isset 2809	. . 3 |- ( { x | x e/ x } e. _V <-> E. y y = { x | x e/ x } )
15	13, 14	mtbir 677	. 2 |- -. { x | x e/ x } e. _V
16		df-nel 2498	. 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 1395   = wceq 1397   E.wex 1540   e. wcel 2202   {cab 2217   e/ wnel 2497   _Vcvv 2802

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 619  ax-in2 620  ax-5 1495  ax-7 1496  ax-gen 1497  ax-ie1 1541  ax-ie2 1542  ax-8 1552  ax-11 1554  ax-4 1558  ax-17 1574  ax-i9 1578  ax-ial 1582  ax-i5r 1583  ax-ext 2213

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 117  df-tru 1400  df-fal 1403  df-nf 1509  df-sb 1811  df-clab 2218  df-cleq 2224  df-clel 2227  df-nel 2498  df-v 2804

This theorem is referenced by: (None)