Theorem ru 2984

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 4147. (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		pm5.19 707	. . . . . 6 |- -. ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y )
2		eleq1 2256	. . . . . . . 8 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. y <-> y e. y ) )
3		df-nel 2460	. . . . . . . . 9 |- ( x e/ x <-> -. x e. x )
4		id 19	. . . . . . . . . . 11 |- ( x = y -> x = y )
5	4, 4	eleq12d 2264	. . . . . . . . . 10 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. x <-> y e. y ) )
6	5	notbid 668	. . . . . . . . 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 1871	. . . . . 6 |- ( A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) -> ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y ) )
10	1, 9	mto 663	. . . . 5 |- -. A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x )
11		abeq2 2302	. . . . 5 |- ( y = { x | x e/ x } <-> A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) )
12	10, 11	mtbir 672	. . . 4 |- -. y = { x | x e/ x }
13	12	nex 1511	. . 3 |- -. E. y y = { x | x e/ x }
14		isset 2766	. . 3 |- ( { x | x e/ x } e. _V <-> E. y y = { x | x e/ x } )
15	13, 14	mtbir 672	. 2 |- -. { x | x e/ x } e. _V
16		df-nel 2460	. 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 1362   = wceq 1364   E.wex 1503   e. wcel 2164   {cab 2179   e/ wnel 2459   _Vcvv 2760

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 1458  ax-7 1459  ax-gen 1460  ax-ie1 1504  ax-ie2 1505  ax-8 1515  ax-11 1517  ax-4 1521  ax-17 1537  ax-i9 1541  ax-ial 1545  ax-i5r 1546  ax-ext 2175

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 117  df-tru 1367  df-fal 1370  df-nf 1472  df-sb 1774  df-clab 2180  df-cleq 2186  df-clel 2189  df-nel 2460  df-v 2762

This theorem is referenced by: (None)