let A, B be Ordinal; ( 1 in B & A <> {} & A is limit_ordinal implies for fi being Ordinal-Sequence st dom fi = A & ( for C being Ordinal st C in A holds
fi . C = C *^ B ) holds
A *^ B = sup fi )
assume that
A1:
1 in B
and
A2:
A <> {}
and
A3:
A is limit_ordinal
; for fi being Ordinal-Sequence st dom fi = A & ( for C being Ordinal st C in A holds
fi . C = C *^ B ) holds
A *^ B = sup fi
let fi be Ordinal-Sequence; ( dom fi = A & ( for C being Ordinal st C in A holds
fi . C = C *^ B ) implies A *^ B = sup fi )
assume that
A4:
dom fi = A
and
A5:
for C being Ordinal st C in A holds
fi . C = C *^ B
; A *^ B = sup fi
now for C being Ordinal holds not sup fi = succ Cgiven C being
Ordinal such that A6:
sup fi = succ C
;
contradictionconsider D being
Ordinal such that A7:
D in rng fi
and A8:
C c= D
by A6, ORDINAL1:6, ORDINAL2:21;
D in sup fi
by A7, ORDINAL2:19;
then A9:
succ D c= succ C
by A6, ORDINAL1:21;
succ C c= succ D
by A8, ORDINAL2:1;
then
succ C = succ D
by A9;
then
C = D
by ORDINAL1:7;
then consider x being
object such that A10:
x in dom fi
and A11:
C = fi . x
by A7, FUNCT_1:def 3;
reconsider x =
x as
Ordinal by A10;
A12:
C = x *^ B
by A4, A5, A10, A11;
C +^ 1
in C +^ B
by A1, ORDINAL2:32;
then A13:
sup fi in C +^ B
by A6, ORDINAL2:31;
A14:
(succ x) *^ B = (x *^ B) +^ B
by ORDINAL2:36;
A15:
succ x in dom fi
by A3, A4, A10, ORDINAL1:28;
then
fi . (succ x) = (succ x) *^ B
by A4, A5;
then
C +^ B in rng fi
by A15, A12, A14, FUNCT_1:def 3;
hence
contradiction
by A13, ORDINAL2:19;
verum end;
then A16:
sup fi is limit_ordinal
by ORDINAL1:29;
A *^ B = union (sup fi)
by A2, A3, A4, A5, ORDINAL2:37;
hence
A *^ B = sup fi
by A16; verum