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Theorem fin23 9799
Description: Every II-finite set (every chain of subsets has a maximal element) is III-finite (has no denumerable collection of subsets). The proof here is the only one I could find, from http://matwbn.icm.edu.pl/ksiazki/fm/fm6/fm619.pdf p.94 (writeup by Tarski, credited to Kuratowski). Translated into English and modern notation, the proof proceeds as follows (variables renamed for uniqueness):

Suppose for a contradiction that 𝐴 is a set which is II-finite but not III-finite.

For any countable sequence of distinct subsets 𝑇 of 𝐴, we can form a decreasing sequence of nonempty subsets (𝑈𝑇) by taking finite intersections of initial segments of 𝑇 while skipping over any element of 𝑇 which would cause the intersection to be empty.

By II-finiteness (as fin2i2 9728) this sequence contains its intersection, call it 𝑌; since by induction every subset in the sequence 𝑈 is nonempty, the intersection must be nonempty.

Suppose that an element 𝑋 of 𝑇 has nonempty intersection with 𝑌. Thus, said element has a nonempty intersection with the corresponding element of 𝑈, therefore it was used in the construction of 𝑈 and all further elements of 𝑈 are subsets of 𝑋, thus 𝑋 contains the 𝑌. That is, all elements of 𝑋 either contain 𝑌 or are disjoint from it.

Since there are only two cases, there must exist an infinite subset of 𝑇 which uniformly either contain 𝑌 or are disjoint from it. In the former case we can create an infinite set by subtracting 𝑌 from each element. In either case, call the result 𝑍; this is an infinite set of subsets of 𝐴, each of which is disjoint from 𝑌 and contained in the union of 𝑇; the union of 𝑍 is strictly contained in the union of 𝑇, because only the latter is a superset of the nonempty set 𝑌.

The preceding four steps may be iterated a countable number of times starting from the assumed denumerable set of subsets to produce a denumerable sequence 𝐵 of the 𝑇 sets from each stage. Great caution is required to avoid ax-dc 9856 here; in particular an effective version of the pigeonhole principle (for aleph-null pigeons and 2 holes) is required. Since a denumerable set of subsets is assumed to exist, we can conclude ω ∈ V without the axiom.

This 𝐵 sequence is strictly decreasing, thus it has no minimum, contradicting the first assumption. (Contributed by Stefan O'Rear, 2-Nov-2014.) (Proof shortened by Mario Carneiro, 17-May-2015.)

Assertion
Ref Expression
fin23 (𝐴 ∈ FinII𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Proof of Theorem fin23
Dummy variables 𝑎 𝑔 𝑥 are mutually distinct and distinct from all other variables.
StepHypRef Expression
1 isf33lem 9776 . 2 FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎𝑥) → ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
21fin23lem40 9761 1 (𝐴 ∈ FinII𝐴 ∈ FinIII)
Colors of variables: wff setvar class
Syntax hints:  wi 4  wcel 2105  FinIIcfin2 9689  FinIIIcfin3 9691
This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1787  ax-4 1801  ax-5 1902  ax-6 1961  ax-7 2006  ax-8 2107  ax-9 2115  ax-10 2136  ax-11 2151  ax-12 2167  ax-ext 2790  ax-rep 5181  ax-sep 5194  ax-nul 5201  ax-pow 5257  ax-pr 5320  ax-un 7450
This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 208  df-an 397  df-or 842  df-3or 1080  df-3an 1081  df-tru 1531  df-ex 1772  df-nf 1776  df-sb 2061  df-mo 2615  df-eu 2647  df-clab 2797  df-cleq 2811  df-clel 2890  df-nfc 2960  df-ne 3014  df-ral 3140  df-rex 3141  df-reu 3142  df-rmo 3143  df-rab 3144  df-v 3494  df-sbc 3770  df-csb 3881  df-dif 3936  df-un 3938  df-in 3940  df-ss 3949  df-pss 3951  df-nul 4289  df-if 4464  df-pw 4537  df-sn 4558  df-pr 4560  df-tp 4562  df-op 4564  df-uni 4831  df-int 4868  df-iun 4912  df-br 5058  df-opab 5120  df-mpt 5138  df-tr 5164  df-id 5453  df-eprel 5458  df-po 5467  df-so 5468  df-fr 5507  df-se 5508  df-we 5509  df-xp 5554  df-rel 5555  df-cnv 5556  df-co 5557  df-dm 5558  df-rn 5559  df-res 5560  df-ima 5561  df-pred 6141  df-ord 6187  df-on 6188  df-lim 6189  df-suc 6190  df-iota 6307  df-fun 6350  df-fn 6351  df-f 6352  df-f1 6353  df-fo 6354  df-f1o 6355  df-fv 6356  df-isom 6357  df-riota 7103  df-ov 7148  df-oprab 7149  df-mpo 7150  df-rpss 7438  df-om 7570  df-1st 7678  df-2nd 7679  df-wrecs 7936  df-recs 7997  df-rdg 8035  df-seqom 8073  df-1o 8091  df-oadd 8095  df-er 8278  df-map 8397  df-en 8498  df-dom 8499  df-sdom 8500  df-fin 8501  df-wdom 9011  df-card 9356  df-fin2 9696  df-fin4 9697  df-fin3 9698
This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  9824  finngch  10065  fin2so  34760
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