Theorem onprc 4604

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 4538), 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

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		ordon 4538	. . 3 ⊢ Ord On
2		ordirr 4594	. . 3 ⊢ (Ord On → ¬ On ∈ On)
3	1, 2	ax-mp 5	. 2 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ On
4		elong 4424	. . 3 ⊢ (On ∈ V → (On ∈ On ↔ Ord On))
5	1, 4	mpbiri 168	. 2 ⊢ (On ∈ V → On ∈ On)
6	3, 5	mto 664	1 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ V

Syntax hints:  ¬ wn 3   ∈ wcel 2177  Vcvv 2773  Ord word 4413  Oncon0 4414

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-io 711  ax-5 1471  ax-7 1472  ax-gen 1473  ax-ie1 1517  ax-ie2 1518  ax-8 1528  ax-10 1529  ax-11 1530  ax-i12 1531  ax-bndl 1533  ax-4 1534  ax-17 1550  ax-i9 1554  ax-ial 1558  ax-i5r 1559  ax-ext 2188  ax-setind 4589

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 117  df-3an 983  df-tru 1376  df-nf 1485  df-sb 1787  df-clab 2193  df-cleq 2199  df-clel 2202  df-nfc 2338  df-ne 2378  df-ral 2490  df-rex 2491  df-v 2775  df-dif 3169  df-in 3173  df-ss 3180  df-sn 3640  df-uni 3853  df-tr 4147  df-iord 4417  df-on 4419

This theorem is referenced by:  sucon  4605