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Description: Collection Principle. This remarkable theorem scheme is in effect a very strong generalization of the Axiom of Replacement. The proof makes use of Scott's trick scottex that collapses a proper class into a set of minimum rank. The wff ph can be thought of as ph ( x , y ) . Scheme "Collection Principle" of Jech p. 72. (Contributed by NM, 17-Oct-2003)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assertion | cp |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vex | ||
| 2 | 1 | cplem2 | |
| 3 | abn0 | ||
| 4 | elin | ||
| 5 | abid | ||
| 6 | 5 | anbi1i | |
| 7 | ancom | ||
| 8 | 4 6 7 | 3bitri | |
| 9 | 8 | exbii | |
| 10 | nfab1 | ||
| 11 | nfcv | ||
| 12 | 10 11 | nfin | |
| 13 | 12 | n0f | |
| 14 | df-rex | ||
| 15 | 9 13 14 | 3bitr4i | |
| 16 | 3 15 | imbi12i | |
| 17 | 16 | ralbii | |
| 18 | 17 | exbii | |
| 19 | 2 18 | mpbi |