Theorem fin23 10373

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 10302) 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 10430 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 10350	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10335	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2149  Fin^IIcfin2 10263  Fin^IIIcfin3 10265

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1822  ax-4 1836  ax-5 1937  ax-6 1994  ax-7 2035  ax-8 2151  ax-9 2159  ax-10 2182  ax-11 2198  ax-12 2219  ax-ext 2741  ax-rep 5242  ax-sep 5261  ax-nul 5271  ax-pow 5337  ax-pr 5405  ax-un 7733

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 210  df-an 401  df-or 861  df-3or 1102  df-3an 1103  df-tru 1570  df-fal 1580  df-ex 1807  df-nf 1811  df-sb 2098  df-mo 2573  df-eu 2603  df-clab 2748  df-cleq 2761  df-clel 2844  df-nfc 2918  df-ne 2965  df-ral 3086  df-rex 3096  df-rmo 3376  df-reu 3377  df-rab 3424  df-v 3465  df-sbc 3754  df-csb 3862  df-dif 3916  df-un 3918  df-in 3920  df-ss 3930  df-pss 3933  df-nul 4295  df-if 4493  df-pw 4569  df-sn 4595  df-pr 4597  df-op 4601  df-uni 4877  df-int 4917  df-iun 4962  df-br 5114  df-opab 5178  df-mpt 5197  df-tr 5223  df-id 5557  df-eprel 5562  df-po 5570  df-so 5571  df-fr 5615  df-se 5616  df-we 5617  df-xp 5668  df-rel 5669  df-cnv 5670  df-co 5671  df-dm 5672  df-rn 5673  df-res 5674  df-ima 5675  df-pred 6303  df-ord 6364  df-on 6365  df-lim 6366  df-suc 6367  df-iota 6493  df-fun 6539  df-fn 6540  df-f 6541  df-f1 6542  df-fo 6543  df-f1o 6544  df-fv 6545  df-isom 6546  df-riota 7368  df-ov 7414  df-oprab 7415  df-mpo 7416  df-rpss 7721  df-om 7863  df-1st 7986  df-2nd 7987  df-frecs 8278  df-wrecs 8309  df-recs 8358  df-rdg 8397  df-seqom 8435  df-1o 8453  df-er 8694  df-map 8826  df-en 8944  df-dom 8945  df-sdom 8946  df-fin 8947  df-wdom 9527  df-card 9925  df-fin2 10270  df-fin4 10271  df-fin3 10272

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10398  finngch  10640  fin2so  38146