Theorem onprc 7770

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 7769), 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 7769	. . 3 ⊢ Ord On
2		ordirr 6370	. . 3 ⊢ (Ord On → ¬ On ∈ On)
3	1, 2	ax-mp 5	. 2 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ On
4		elong 6360	. . 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 3459  Ord word 6351  Oncon0 6352

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 2707  ax-sep 5266  ax-nul 5276  ax-pr 5402

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 207  df-an 396  df-or 848  df-3or 1087  df-3an 1088  df-tru 1543  df-fal 1553  df-ex 1780  df-sb 2065  df-clab 2714  df-cleq 2727  df-clel 2809  df-ne 2933  df-ral 3052  df-rex 3061  df-rab 3416  df-v 3461  df-dif 3929  df-un 3931  df-in 3933  df-ss 3943  df-pss 3946  df-nul 4309  df-if 4501  df-pw 4577  df-sn 4602  df-pr 4604  df-op 4608  df-uni 4884  df-br 5120  df-opab 5182  df-tr 5230  df-eprel 5553  df-po 5561  df-so 5562  df-fr 5606  df-we 5608  df-ord 6355  df-on 6356

This theorem is referenced by:  ordeleqon  7774  ssonprc  7779  sucon  7795  orduninsuc  7836  omelon2  7872  tfr2b  8408  tz7.48-3  8456  infensuc  9167  zorn2lem4  10511  noprc  27741