Definition df-ac 10153

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 is a slight problem with taking the exact form of ax-ac 10496 as our definition, because the equivalence to more standard forms (dfac2 10169) requires the Axiom of Regularity, which we often try to avoid. Thus, we take the first of the "textbook forms" as the definition and derive the form of ax-ac 10496 itself as dfac0 10171. (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 10152	. 2 wff CHOICE
2		vf	. . . . . . 7 setvar 𝑓
3	2	cv 1535	. . . . . 6 class 𝑓
4		vx	. . . . . . 7 setvar 𝑥
5	4	cv 1535	. . . . . 6 class 𝑥
6	3, 5	wss 3962	. . . . 5 wff 𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥
7	5	cdm 5688	. . . . . 6 class dom 𝑥
8	3, 7	wfn 6557	. . . . 5 wff 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥
9	6, 8	wa 395	. . . 4 wff (𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥)
10	9, 2	wex 1775	. . 3 wff ∃𝑓(𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥)
11	10, 4	wal 1534	. 2 wff ∀𝑥∃𝑓(𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥)
12	1, 11	wb 206	1 wff (CHOICE ↔ ∀𝑥∃𝑓(𝑓 ⊆ 𝑥 ∧ 𝑓 Fn dom 𝑥))

This definition is referenced by:  dfac3  10158  ac7  10510  fineqvac  35089