let A be complex-membered set ; :: thesis: for a being Complex
for e being set st e in a -- A holds
ex c being Complex st
( e = a - c & c in A )

let a be Complex; :: thesis: for e being set st e in a -- A holds
ex c being Complex st
( e = a - c & c in A )

let e be set ; :: thesis: ( e in a -- A implies ex c being Complex st
( e = a - c & c in A ) )

a -- A = { (a - c) where c is Complex : c in A } by Th161;
hence ( e in a -- A implies ex c being Complex st
( e = a - c & c in A ) ) ; :: thesis: verum