Theorem fin23 10388

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 10317) 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 10445 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 10365	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10350	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

This proof depends on syntax axioms:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2146  Fin^IIcfin2 10278  Fin^IIIcfin3 10280

This proof depends on axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1828  ax-4 1842  ax-5 1943  ax-6 2000  ax-7 2041  ax-8 2148  ax-9 2156  ax-10 2179  ax-11 2195  ax-12 2216  ax-ext 2737  ax-rep 5240  ax-sep 5259  ax-nul 5271  ax-pow 5338  ax-pr 5406  ax-un 7742

This proof depends on definitions:  df-bi 210  df-an 402  df-or 862  df-3or 1104  df-3an 1105  df-tru 1573  df-fal 1583  df-ex 1813  df-nf 1817  df-sb 2100  df-mo 2569  df-eu 2599  df-clab 2744  df-cleq 2757  df-clel 2840  df-nfc 2914  df-ne 2961  df-ral 3082  df-rex 3092  df-rmo 3371  df-reu 3372  df-rab 3419  df-v 3459  df-sbc 3747  df-csb 3855  df-dif 3909  df-un 3911  df-in 3913  df-ss 3923  df-pss 3926  df-nul 4287  df-if 4490  df-pw 4566  df-sn 4592  df-pr 4594  df-op 4598  df-uni 4875  df-int 4915  df-iun 4960  df-br 5112  df-opab 5176  df-mpt 5195  df-tr 5221  df-id 5558  df-eprel 5563  df-po 5571  df-so 5572  df-fr 5616  df-se 5617  df-we 5618  df-xp 5669  df-rel 5670  df-cnv 5671  df-co 5672  df-dm 5673  df-rn 5674  df-res 5675  df-ima 5676  df-pred 6306  df-ord 6367  df-on 6368  df-lim 6369  df-suc 6370  df-iota 6496  df-fun 6542  df-fn 6543  df-f 6544  df-f1 6545  df-fo 6546  df-f1o 6547  df-fv 6548  df-isom 6549  df-riota 7376  df-ov 7422  df-oprab 7423  df-mpo 7424  df-rpss 7730  df-om 7869  df-1st 7992  df-2nd 7993  df-frecs 8284  df-wrecs 8315  df-recs 8364  df-rdg 8403  df-seqom 8441  df-1o 8459  df-er 8700  df-map 8832  df-en 8950  df-dom 8951  df-sdom 8952  df-fin 8953  df-wdom 9534  df-card 9941  df-fin2 10285  df-fin4 10286  df-fin3 10287

This theorem is used by:  fin1a2s  10413  finngch  10657  fin2so  38317