Theorem fin23 10458

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 10387) 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 10515 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 10435	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10420	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2108  Fin^IIcfin2 10348  Fin^IIIcfin3 10350

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1793  ax-4 1807  ax-5 1909  ax-6 1967  ax-7 2007  ax-8 2110  ax-9 2118  ax-10 2141  ax-11 2158  ax-12 2178  ax-ext 2711  ax-rep 5303  ax-sep 5317  ax-nul 5324  ax-pow 5383  ax-pr 5447  ax-un 7770

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 207  df-an 396  df-or 847  df-3or 1088  df-3an 1089  df-tru 1540  df-fal 1550  df-ex 1778  df-nf 1782  df-sb 2065  df-mo 2543  df-eu 2572  df-clab 2718  df-cleq 2732  df-clel 2819  df-nfc 2895  df-ne 2947  df-ral 3068  df-rex 3077  df-rmo 3388  df-reu 3389  df-rab 3444  df-v 3490  df-sbc 3805  df-csb 3922  df-dif 3979  df-un 3981  df-in 3983  df-ss 3993  df-pss 3996  df-nul 4353  df-if 4549  df-pw 4624  df-sn 4649  df-pr 4651  df-op 4655  df-uni 4932  df-int 4971  df-iun 5017  df-br 5167  df-opab 5229  df-mpt 5250  df-tr 5284  df-id 5593  df-eprel 5599  df-po 5607  df-so 5608  df-fr 5652  df-se 5653  df-we 5654  df-xp 5706  df-rel 5707  df-cnv 5708  df-co 5709  df-dm 5710  df-rn 5711  df-res 5712  df-ima 5713  df-pred 6332  df-ord 6398  df-on 6399  df-lim 6400  df-suc 6401  df-iota 6525  df-fun 6575  df-fn 6576  df-f 6577  df-f1 6578  df-fo 6579  df-f1o 6580  df-fv 6581  df-isom 6582  df-riota 7404  df-ov 7451  df-oprab 7452  df-mpo 7453  df-rpss 7758  df-om 7904  df-1st 8030  df-2nd 8031  df-frecs 8322  df-wrecs 8353  df-recs 8427  df-rdg 8466  df-seqom 8504  df-1o 8522  df-er 8763  df-map 8886  df-en 9004  df-dom 9005  df-sdom 9006  df-fin 9007  df-wdom 9634  df-card 10008  df-fin2 10355  df-fin4 10356  df-fin3 10357

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10483  finngch  10724  fin2so  37567