Theorem fin23 9800

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 9729) 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 9857 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 9777	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 9762	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2111  Fin^IIcfin2 9690  Fin^IIIcfin3 9692

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1797  ax-4 1811  ax-5 1911  ax-6 1970  ax-7 2015  ax-8 2113  ax-9 2121  ax-10 2142  ax-11 2158  ax-12 2175  ax-ext 2770  ax-rep 5154  ax-sep 5167  ax-nul 5174  ax-pow 5231  ax-pr 5295  ax-un 7441

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 210  df-an 400  df-or 845  df-3or 1085  df-3an 1086  df-tru 1541  df-ex 1782  df-nf 1786  df-sb 2070  df-mo 2598  df-eu 2629  df-clab 2777  df-cleq 2791  df-clel 2870  df-nfc 2938  df-ne 2988  df-ral 3111  df-rex 3112  df-reu 3113  df-rmo 3114  df-rab 3115  df-v 3443  df-sbc 3721  df-csb 3829  df-dif 3884  df-un 3886  df-in 3888  df-ss 3898  df-pss 3900  df-nul 4244  df-if 4426  df-pw 4499  df-sn 4526  df-pr 4528  df-tp 4530  df-op 4532  df-uni 4801  df-int 4839  df-iun 4883  df-br 5031  df-opab 5093  df-mpt 5111  df-tr 5137  df-id 5425  df-eprel 5430  df-po 5438  df-so 5439  df-fr 5478  df-se 5479  df-we 5480  df-xp 5525  df-rel 5526  df-cnv 5527  df-co 5528  df-dm 5529  df-rn 5530  df-res 5531  df-ima 5532  df-pred 6116  df-ord 6162  df-on 6163  df-lim 6164  df-suc 6165  df-iota 6283  df-fun 6326  df-fn 6327  df-f 6328  df-f1 6329  df-fo 6330  df-f1o 6331  df-fv 6332  df-isom 6333  df-riota 7093  df-ov 7138  df-oprab 7139  df-mpo 7140  df-rpss 7429  df-om 7561  df-1st 7671  df-2nd 7672  df-wrecs 7930  df-recs 7991  df-rdg 8029  df-seqom 8067  df-1o 8085  df-oadd 8089  df-er 8272  df-map 8391  df-en 8493  df-dom 8494  df-sdom 8495  df-fin 8496  df-wdom 9013  df-card 9352  df-fin2 9697  df-fin4 9698  df-fin3 9699

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  9825  finngch  10066  fin2so  35044