| Description: An inference version of
the transitive laws for implication imim2 49 and
       imim1 70, which Russell and Whitehead call "the
principle of the
       syllogism...because...the syllogism in Barbara is derived from
them"
       (quote after Theorem *2.06 of [WhiteheadRussell] p. 101).  Some authors
       call this law a "hypothetical syllogism."
 
       (A bit of trivia: this is the most commonly referenced assertion in our
       database.  In second place is eqid 2353, followed by syl2anc 642,
       adantr 451, syl3anc 1182, and ax-mp 5. 
The Metamath program command 'show
       usage' shows the number of references.)  (Contributed by NM,
       5-Aug-1993.)  (Proof shortened by O'Cat, 20-Oct-2011.)  (Proof shortened
       by Wolf Lammen, 26-Jul-2012.)  |