Existential quantifier elimination rule
ID: existential-quantifier-elimination-rule
From , reason under a temporary assumption for a fresh witness . If this yields a conclusion not containing free, close the witness subproof and infer . The eigenvariable condition also requires that not be free in other undischarged assumptions. The rule does not authorize selecting one fixed named object as a witness or allowing the witness to escape its scope.
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