Theorem fin23 10426

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 (𝑈‘𝑇) 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 10355) 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 10483 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 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Proof of Theorem fin23

Dummy variables 𝑎 𝑔 𝑥 are mutually distinct and distinct from all other variables.

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		isf33lem 10403	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10388	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2105  Fin^IIcfin2 10316  Fin^IIIcfin3 10318

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1791  ax-4 1805  ax-5 1907  ax-6 1964  ax-7 2004  ax-8 2107  ax-9 2115  ax-10 2138  ax-11 2154  ax-12 2174  ax-ext 2705  ax-rep 5284  ax-sep 5301  ax-nul 5311  ax-pow 5370  ax-pr 5437  ax-un 7753

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 207  df-an 396  df-or 848  df-3or 1087  df-3an 1088  df-tru 1539  df-fal 1549  df-ex 1776  df-nf 1780  df-sb 2062  df-mo 2537  df-eu 2566  df-clab 2712  df-cleq 2726  df-clel 2813  df-nfc 2889  df-ne 2938  df-ral 3059  df-rex 3068  df-rmo 3377  df-reu 3378  df-rab 3433  df-v 3479  df-sbc 3791  df-csb 3908  df-dif 3965  df-un 3967  df-in 3969  df-ss 3979  df-pss 3982  df-nul 4339  df-if 4531  df-pw 4606  df-sn 4631  df-pr 4633  df-op 4637  df-uni 4912  df-int 4951  df-iun 4997  df-br 5148  df-opab 5210  df-mpt 5231  df-tr 5265  df-id 5582  df-eprel 5588  df-po 5596  df-so 5597  df-fr 5640  df-se 5641  df-we 5642  df-xp 5694  df-rel 5695  df-cnv 5696  df-co 5697  df-dm 5698  df-rn 5699  df-res 5700  df-ima 5701  df-pred 6322  df-ord 6388  df-on 6389  df-lim 6390  df-suc 6391  df-iota 6515  df-fun 6564  df-fn 6565  df-f 6566  df-f1 6567  df-fo 6568  df-f1o 6569  df-fv 6570  df-isom 6571  df-riota 7387  df-ov 7433  df-oprab 7434  df-mpo 7435  df-rpss 7741  df-om 7887  df-1st 8012  df-2nd 8013  df-frecs 8304  df-wrecs 8335  df-recs 8409  df-rdg 8448  df-seqom 8486  df-1o 8504  df-er 8743  df-map 8866  df-en 8984  df-dom 8985  df-sdom 8986  df-fin 8987  df-wdom 9602  df-card 9976  df-fin2 10323  df-fin4 10324  df-fin3 10325

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10451  finngch  10692  fin2so  37593