Successor of Ordinal Smaller than Limit Ordinal is also Smaller/Proof 2

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Theorem

Let $\On$ denote the class of all ordinals.

Let $\lambda \in \On$ be a limit ordinal.

Then:

$\forall \alpha \in \On: \alpha < \lambda \implies \alpha^+ < \lambda$


Proof

Because $\lambda$ is a limit ordinal:

$\lambda \ne \alpha^+$

Moreover, by Successor of Element of Ordinal is Subset:

$\alpha \in \lambda \implies \alpha^+ \subseteq \lambda$


Therefore by Transitive Set is Proper Subset of Ordinal iff Element of Ordinal:

$\alpha^+ \subset \lambda$ and $\alpha^+ \in \lambda$

$\blacksquare$