Definition df-ac 7143

Description: The expression CHOICE will be used as a readable shorthand for any form of the axiom of choice; all concrete forms are long, cryptic, have dummy variables, or all three, making it useful to have a short name. Similar to the Axiom of Choice (first form) of [Enderton] p. 49.

There are some decisions about how to write this definition especially around whether ax-setind 4498 is needed to show equivalence to other ways of stating choice, and about whether choice functions are available for nonempty sets or inhabited sets. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 22-Feb-2015.)

Assertion

Ref	Expression
df-ac	⊢ (CHOICE ↔ ∀𝑥∃𝑓(𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥))

Distinct variable group:   𝑥,𝑓

Detailed syntax breakdown of Definition df-ac

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		wac 7142	. 2 wff CHOICE
2		vf	. . . . . . 7 setvar 𝑓
3	2	cv 1334	. . . . . 6 class 𝑓
4		vx	. . . . . . 7 setvar 𝑥
5	4	cv 1334	. . . . . 6 class 𝑥
6	3, 5	wss 3102	. . . . 5 wff 𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥
7	5	cdm 4588	. . . . . 6 class dom 𝑥
8	3, 7	wfn 5167	. . . . 5 wff 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥
9	6, 8	wa 103	. . . 4 wff (𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥)
10	9, 2	wex 1472	. . 3 wff ∃𝑓(𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥)
11	10, 4	wal 1333	. 2 wff ∀𝑥∃𝑓(𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥)
12	1, 11	wb 104	1 wff (CHOICE ↔ ∀𝑥∃𝑓(𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥))

This definition is referenced by:  acfun  7144