Theorem ru 3050

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 4244. (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		pm5.19 718	. . . . . 6 |- -. ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y )
2		eleq1 2301	. . . . . . . 8 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. y <-> y e. y ) )
3		df-nel 2516	. . . . . . . . 9 |- ( x e/ x <-> -. x e. x )
4		id 19	. . . . . . . . . . 11 |- ( x = y -> x = y )
5	4, 4	eleq12d 2309	. . . . . . . . . 10 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. x <-> y e. y ) )
6	5	notbid 677	. . . . . . . . 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 1913	. . . . . 6 |- ( A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) -> ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y ) )
10	1, 9	mto 672	. . . . 5 |- -. A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x )
11		abeq2 2347	. . . . 5 |- ( y = { x | x e/ x } <-> A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) )
12	10, 11	mtbir 682	. . . 4 |- -. y = { x | x e/ x }
13	12	nex 1553	. . 3 |- -. E. y y = { x | x e/ x }
14		isset 2828	. . 3 |- ( { x | x e/ x } e. _V <-> E. y y = { x | x e/ x } )
15	13, 14	mtbir 682	. 2 |- -. { x | x e/ x } e. _V
16		df-nel 2516	. 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 1400   = wceq 1402   E.wex 1545   e. wcel 2209   {cab 2224   e/ wnel 2515   _Vcvv 2821

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 623  ax-in2 624  ax-5 1500  ax-7 1501  ax-gen 1502  ax-ie1 1546  ax-ie2 1547  ax-8 1557  ax-11 1559  ax-4 1563  ax-17 1579  ax-i9 1583  ax-ial 1587  ax-i5r 1588  ax-ext 2220

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 117  df-tru 1405  df-fal 1408  df-nf 1514  df-sb 1816  df-clab 2225  df-cleq 2231  df-clel 2234  df-nel 2516  df-v 2823

This theorem is referenced by: (None)