Theorem fin23 10129

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 10058) 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 10186 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 10106	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10091	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2109  Fin^IIcfin2 10019  Fin^IIIcfin3 10021

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1801  ax-4 1815  ax-5 1916  ax-6 1974  ax-7 2014  ax-8 2111  ax-9 2119  ax-10 2140  ax-11 2157  ax-12 2174  ax-ext 2710  ax-rep 5213  ax-sep 5226  ax-nul 5233  ax-pow 5291  ax-pr 5355  ax-un 7579

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 206  df-an 396  df-or 844  df-3or 1086  df-3an 1087  df-tru 1544  df-fal 1554  df-ex 1786  df-nf 1790  df-sb 2071  df-mo 2541  df-eu 2570  df-clab 2717  df-cleq 2731  df-clel 2817  df-nfc 2890  df-ne 2945  df-ral 3070  df-rex 3071  df-reu 3072  df-rmo 3073  df-rab 3074  df-v 3432  df-sbc 3720  df-csb 3837  df-dif 3894  df-un 3896  df-in 3898  df-ss 3908  df-pss 3910  df-nul 4262  df-if 4465  df-pw 4540  df-sn 4567  df-pr 4569  df-tp 4571  df-op 4573  df-uni 4845  df-int 4885  df-iun 4931  df-br 5079  df-opab 5141  df-mpt 5162  df-tr 5196  df-id 5488  df-eprel 5494  df-po 5502  df-so 5503  df-fr 5543  df-se 5544  df-we 5545  df-xp 5594  df-rel 5595  df-cnv 5596  df-co 5597  df-dm 5598  df-rn 5599  df-res 5600  df-ima 5601  df-pred 6199  df-ord 6266  df-on 6267  df-lim 6268  df-suc 6269  df-iota 6388  df-fun 6432  df-fn 6433  df-f 6434  df-f1 6435  df-fo 6436  df-f1o 6437  df-fv 6438  df-isom 6439  df-riota 7225  df-ov 7271  df-oprab 7272  df-mpo 7273  df-rpss 7567  df-om 7701  df-1st 7817  df-2nd 7818  df-frecs 8081  df-wrecs 8112  df-recs 8186  df-rdg 8225  df-seqom 8263  df-1o 8281  df-er 8472  df-map 8591  df-en 8708  df-dom 8709  df-sdom 8710  df-fin 8711  df-wdom 9285  df-card 9681  df-fin2 10026  df-fin4 10027  df-fin3 10028

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10154  finngch  10395  fin2so  35743