let A be Ordinal; :: thesis: exp (A,{}) = 1
deffunc H₁( Ordinal, Ordinal-Sequence) -> Ordinal = lim $2;
deffunc H₂( Ordinal) -> Ordinal = exp (A,$1);
deffunc H₃( Ordinal, Ordinal) -> Ordinal = A *^ $2;
A1: for B, C being Ordinal holds
( C = H₂(B) iff ex fi being Ordinal-Sequence st
( C = last fi & dom fi = succ B & fi . {} = 1 & ( for C being Ordinal st succ C in succ B holds
fi . (succ C) = H₃(C,fi . C) ) & ( for C being Ordinal st C in succ B & C <> {} & C is limit_ordinal holds
fi . C = H₁(C,fi | C) ) ) ) by Def20;
thus H₂( {} ) = 1 from ORDINAL2:sch 14(A1); :: thesis: verum