Theorem ru 2961

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 4119. (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		pm5.19 706	. . . . . 6 |- -. ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y )
2		eleq1 2240	. . . . . . . 8 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. y <-> y e. y ) )
3		df-nel 2443	. . . . . . . . 9 |- ( x e/ x <-> -. x e. x )
4		id 19	. . . . . . . . . . 11 |- ( x = y -> x = y )
5	4, 4	eleq12d 2248	. . . . . . . . . 10 |- ( x = y -> ( x e. x <-> y e. y ) )
6	5	notbid 667	. . . . . . . . 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 1860	. . . . . 6 |- ( A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) -> ( y e. y <-> -. y e. y ) )
10	1, 9	mto 662	. . . . 5 |- -. A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x )
11		abeq2 2286	. . . . 5 |- ( y = { x | x e/ x } <-> A. x ( x e. y <-> x e/ x ) )
12	10, 11	mtbir 671	. . . 4 |- -. y = { x | x e/ x }
13	12	nex 1500	. . 3 |- -. E. y y = { x | x e/ x }
14		isset 2743	. . 3 |- ( { x | x e/ x } e. _V <-> E. y y = { x | x e/ x } )
15	13, 14	mtbir 671	. 2 |- -. { x | x e/ x } e. _V
16		df-nel 2443	. 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 1351   = wceq 1353   E.wex 1492   e. wcel 2148   {cab 2163   e/ wnel 2442   _Vcvv 2737

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 614  ax-in2 615  ax-5 1447  ax-7 1448  ax-gen 1449  ax-ie1 1493  ax-ie2 1494  ax-8 1504  ax-11 1506  ax-4 1510  ax-17 1526  ax-i9 1530  ax-ial 1534  ax-i5r 1535  ax-ext 2159

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 117  df-tru 1356  df-fal 1359  df-nf 1461  df-sb 1763  df-clab 2164  df-cleq 2170  df-clel 2173  df-nel 2443  df-v 2739

This theorem is referenced by: (None)