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Theorem onprc 4536
Description: No set contains all ordinal numbers. Proposition 7.13 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 38. This is also known as the Burali-Forti paradox (remark in [Enderton] p. 194). In 1897, Cesare Burali-Forti noticed that since the "set" of all ordinal numbers is an ordinal class (ordon 4470), it must be both an element of the set of all ordinal numbers yet greater than every such element. ZF set theory resolves this paradox by not allowing the class of all ordinal numbers to be a set (so instead it is a proper class). Here we prove the denial of its existence. (Contributed by NM, 18-May-1994.)
Assertion
Ref Expression
onprc ¬ On ∈ V

Proof of Theorem onprc
StepHypRef Expression
1 ordon 4470 . . 3 Ord On
2 ordirr 4526 . . 3 (Ord On → ¬ On ∈ On)
31, 2ax-mp 5 . 2 ¬ On ∈ On
4 elong 4358 . . 3 (On ∈ V → (On ∈ On ↔ Ord On))
51, 4mpbiri 167 . 2 (On ∈ V → On ∈ On)
63, 5mto 657 1 ¬ On ∈ V
Colors of variables: wff set class
Syntax hints:  ¬ wn 3  wcel 2141  Vcvv 2730  Ord word 4347  Oncon0 4348
This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-ia1 105  ax-ia2 106  ax-ia3 107  ax-in1 609  ax-in2 610  ax-io 704  ax-5 1440  ax-7 1441  ax-gen 1442  ax-ie1 1486  ax-ie2 1487  ax-8 1497  ax-10 1498  ax-11 1499  ax-i12 1500  ax-bndl 1502  ax-4 1503  ax-17 1519  ax-i9 1523  ax-ial 1527  ax-i5r 1528  ax-ext 2152  ax-setind 4521
This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 116  df-3an 975  df-tru 1351  df-nf 1454  df-sb 1756  df-clab 2157  df-cleq 2163  df-clel 2166  df-nfc 2301  df-ne 2341  df-ral 2453  df-rex 2454  df-v 2732  df-dif 3123  df-in 3127  df-ss 3134  df-sn 3589  df-uni 3797  df-tr 4088  df-iord 4351  df-on 4353
This theorem is referenced by:  sucon  4537
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