let fi be Ordinal-Sequence; 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; ( 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)
; fi is increasing
let A be Ordinal; ORDINAL2:def 12 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; ( 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
; 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; verum