Theorem onprc 7798

Description: No set contains all ordinal numbers. Proposition 7.13 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 38, but without using the Axiom of Regularity. 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 7797), 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 7797	. . 3 ⊢ Ord On
2		ordirr 6402	. . 3 ⊢ (Ord On → ¬ On ∈ On)
3	1, 2	ax-mp 5	. 2 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ On
4		elong 6392	. . 3 ⊢ (On ∈ V → (On ∈ On ↔ Ord On))
5	1, 4	mpbiri 258	. 2 ⊢ (On ∈ V → On ∈ On)
6	3, 5	mto 197	1 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ V

Syntax hints:  ¬ wn 3   ∈ wcel 2108  Vcvv 3480  Ord word 6383  Oncon0 6384

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1795  ax-4 1809  ax-5 1910  ax-6 1967  ax-7 2007  ax-8 2110  ax-9 2118  ax-ext 2708  ax-sep 5296  ax-nul 5306  ax-pr 5432

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 207  df-an 396  df-or 849  df-3or 1088  df-3an 1089  df-tru 1543  df-fal 1553  df-ex 1780  df-sb 2065  df-clab 2715  df-cleq 2729  df-clel 2816  df-ne 2941  df-ral 3062  df-rex 3071  df-rab 3437  df-v 3482  df-dif 3954  df-un 3956  df-in 3958  df-ss 3968  df-pss 3971  df-nul 4334  df-if 4526  df-pw 4602  df-sn 4627  df-pr 4629  df-op 4633  df-uni 4908  df-br 5144  df-opab 5206  df-tr 5260  df-eprel 5584  df-po 5592  df-so 5593  df-fr 5637  df-we 5639  df-ord 6387  df-on 6388

This theorem is referenced by:  ordeleqon  7802  ssonprc  7807  sucon  7823  orduninsuc  7864  omelon2  7900  tfr2b  8436  tz7.48-3  8484  infensuc  9195  zorn2lem4  10539  noprc  27824