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Theorem onprc 7781
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 7780), 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
StepHypRef Expression
1 ordon 7780 . . 3 Ord On
2 ordirr 6389 . . 3 (Ord On → ¬ On ∈ On)
31, 2ax-mp 5 . 2 ¬ On ∈ On
4 elong 6379 . . 3 (On ∈ V → (On ∈ On ↔ Ord On))
51, 4mpbiri 257 . 2 (On ∈ V → On ∈ On)
63, 5mto 196 1 ¬ On ∈ V
Colors of variables: wff setvar class
Syntax hints:  ¬ wn 3  wcel 2098  Vcvv 3461  Ord word 6370  Oncon0 6371
This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1789  ax-4 1803  ax-5 1905  ax-6 1963  ax-7 2003  ax-8 2100  ax-9 2108  ax-ext 2696  ax-sep 5300  ax-nul 5307  ax-pr 5429
This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 206  df-an 395  df-or 846  df-3or 1085  df-3an 1086  df-tru 1536  df-fal 1546  df-ex 1774  df-sb 2060  df-clab 2703  df-cleq 2717  df-clel 2802  df-ne 2930  df-ral 3051  df-rex 3060  df-rab 3419  df-v 3463  df-dif 3947  df-un 3949  df-in 3951  df-ss 3961  df-pss 3964  df-nul 4323  df-if 4531  df-pw 4606  df-sn 4631  df-pr 4633  df-op 4637  df-uni 4910  df-br 5150  df-opab 5212  df-tr 5267  df-eprel 5582  df-po 5590  df-so 5591  df-fr 5633  df-we 5635  df-ord 6374  df-on 6375
This theorem is referenced by:  ordeleqon  7785  ssonprc  7791  sucon  7807  orduninsuc  7848  omelon2  7884  tfr2b  8417  tz7.48-3  8465  infensuc  9180  zorn2lem4  10524  noprc  27758
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