let fi be Ordinal-Sequence; :: thesis: for C being Ordinal st 1 in C & ( for A being Ordinal st A in dom fi holds
fi . A = exp (C,A) ) holds
fi is increasing

let C be Ordinal; :: thesis: ( 1 in C & ( for A being Ordinal st A in dom fi holds
fi . A = exp (C,A) ) implies fi is increasing )

assume that
A1: 1 in C and
A2: for A being Ordinal st A in dom fi holds
fi . A = exp (C,A) ; :: thesis: fi is increasing
let A be Ordinal; :: according to ORDINAL2:def 12 :: thesis: for b1 being set holds
( not A in b1 or not b1 in dom fi or fi . A in fi . b1 )

let B be Ordinal; :: thesis: ( not A in B or not B in dom fi or fi . A in fi . B )
assume that
A3: A in B and
A4: B in dom fi ; :: thesis: fi . A in fi . B
A5: fi . B = exp (C,B) by A2, A4;
fi . A = exp (C,A) by A2, A3, A4, ORDINAL1:10;
hence fi . A in fi . B by A1, A3, A5, Th24; :: thesis: verum