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| Description: Define the empty set. Special case of Exercise 4.10(o) of [Mendelson] p. 231. For a more traditional definition, but requiring a dummy variable, see dfnul2 3553. (Contributed by NM, 5-Aug-1993.) | 
| Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|
| df-nul | ⊢ ∅ = (V ∖ V) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | c0 3551 | . 2 class ∅ | |
| 2 | cvv 2860 | . . 3 class V | |
| 3 | 2, 2 | cdif 3207 | . 2 class (V ∖ V) | 
| 4 | 1, 3 | wceq 1642 | 1 wff ∅ = (V ∖ V) | 
| Colors of variables: wff setvar class | 
| This definition is referenced by: dfnul2 3553 noel 3555 complV 4071 | 
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