Theorem onprc 4588

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 4522), 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 4522	. . 3 ⊢ Ord On
2		ordirr 4578	. . 3 ⊢ (Ord On → ¬ On ∈ On)
3	1, 2	ax-mp 5	. 2 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ On
4		elong 4408	. . 3 ⊢ (On ∈ V → (On ∈ On ↔ Ord On))
5	1, 4	mpbiri 168	. 2 ⊢ (On ∈ V → On ∈ On)
6	3, 5	mto 663	1 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ V

Syntax hints:  ¬ wn 3   ∈ wcel 2167  Vcvv 2763  Ord word 4397  Oncon0 4398

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 710  ax-5 1461  ax-7 1462  ax-gen 1463  ax-ie1 1507  ax-ie2 1508  ax-8 1518  ax-10 1519  ax-11 1520  ax-i12 1521  ax-bndl 1523  ax-4 1524  ax-17 1540  ax-i9 1544  ax-ial 1548  ax-i5r 1549  ax-ext 2178  ax-setind 4573

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 117  df-3an 982  df-tru 1367  df-nf 1475  df-sb 1777  df-clab 2183  df-cleq 2189  df-clel 2192  df-nfc 2328  df-ne 2368  df-ral 2480  df-rex 2481  df-v 2765  df-dif 3159  df-in 3163  df-ss 3170  df-sn 3628  df-uni 3840  df-tr 4132  df-iord 4401  df-on 4403

This theorem is referenced by:  sucon  4589