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Theorem eu3v

Description: An alternate way to express existential uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 8-Jul-1994) Replace a nonfreeness hypothesis with a disjoint variable condition on ph , y to reduce axiom usage. (Revised by Wolf Lammen, 29-May-2019)

		Ref	Expression
	Assertion	eu3v	⊢ ( ∃! 𝑥 𝜑 ↔ ( ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 ∧ ∃ 𝑦 ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑 → 𝑥 = 𝑦 ) ) )

Proof

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		df-eu	⊢ ( ∃! 𝑥 𝜑 ↔ ( ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 ∧ ∃* 𝑥 𝜑 ) )
2		df-mo	⊢ ( ∃* 𝑥 𝜑 ↔ ∃ 𝑦 ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑 → 𝑥 = 𝑦 ) )
3	2	anbi2i	⊢ ( ( ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 ∧ ∃* 𝑥 𝜑 ) ↔ ( ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 ∧ ∃ 𝑦 ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑 → 𝑥 = 𝑦 ) ) )
4	1 3	bitri	⊢ ( ∃! 𝑥 𝜑 ↔ ( ∃ 𝑥 𝜑 ∧ ∃ 𝑦 ∀ 𝑥 ( 𝜑 → 𝑥 = 𝑦 ) ) )