Theorem onprc 7765

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 7764), 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 7764	. . 3 ⊢ Ord On
2		ordirr 6383	. . 3 ⊢ (Ord On → ¬ On ∈ On)
3	1, 2	ax-mp 5	. 2 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ On
4		elong 6373	. . 3 ⊢ (On ∈ V → (On ∈ On ↔ Ord On))
5	1, 4	mpbiri 258	. 2 ⊢ (On ∈ V → On ∈ On)
6	3, 5	mto 196	1 ⊢ ¬ On ∈ V

Syntax hints:  ¬ wn 3   ∈ wcel 2107  Vcvv 3475  Ord word 6364  Oncon0 6365

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1798  ax-4 1812  ax-5 1914  ax-6 1972  ax-7 2012  ax-8 2109  ax-9 2117  ax-ext 2704  ax-sep 5300  ax-nul 5307  ax-pr 5428

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 206  df-an 398  df-or 847  df-3or 1089  df-3an 1090  df-tru 1545  df-fal 1555  df-ex 1783  df-sb 2069  df-clab 2711  df-cleq 2725  df-clel 2811  df-ne 2942  df-ral 3063  df-rex 3072  df-rab 3434  df-v 3477  df-dif 3952  df-un 3954  df-in 3956  df-ss 3966  df-pss 3968  df-nul 4324  df-if 4530  df-pw 4605  df-sn 4630  df-pr 4632  df-op 4636  df-uni 4910  df-br 5150  df-opab 5212  df-tr 5267  df-eprel 5581  df-po 5589  df-so 5590  df-fr 5632  df-we 5634  df-ord 6368  df-on 6369

This theorem is referenced by:  ordeleqon  7769  ssonprc  7775  sucon  7791  orduninsuc  7832  omelon2  7868  tfr2b  8396  tz7.48-3  8444  infensuc  9155  zorn2lem4  10494  noprc  27281