Theorem fin23 10506

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 10435) 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 10563 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 10483	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10468	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

This proof depends on syntax axioms:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2147  Fin^IIcfin2 10396  Fin^IIIcfin3 10398

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 1945  ax-6 2002  ax-7 2043  ax-8 2149  ax-9 2157  ax-10 2180  ax-11 2197  ax-12 2216  ax-ext 2735  ax-rep 5238  ax-sep 5255  ax-nul 5266  ax-pow 5334  ax-pr 5398  ax-un 7783

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 2102  df-mo 2567  df-eu 2597  df-clab 2742  df-cleq 2755  df-clel 2839  df-nfc 2913  df-ne 2960  df-ral 3081  df-rex 3091  df-rmo 3369  df-reu 3370  df-rab 3417  df-v 3456  df-sbc 3743  df-csb 3852  df-ss 3901  df-pss 4017  df-dif 4050  df-in 4094  df-un 4154  df-nul 4282  df-if 4486  df-pw 4562  df-sn 4589  df-pr 4591  df-op 4841  df-uni 4873  df-int 4913  df-iun 4958  df-br 5109  df-opab 5174  df-mpt 5193  df-tr 5219  df-id 5553  df-eprel 5558  df-po 5566  df-so 5567  df-fr 5611  df-se 5612  df-we 5613  df-xp 5664  df-rel 5665  df-cnv 5666  df-co 5667  df-dm 5668  df-rn 5669  df-res 5670  df-ima 5671  df-pred 6330  df-ord 6391  df-on 6392  df-lim 6393  df-suc 6394  df-iota 6520  df-fun 6568  df-fn 6569  df-f 6570  df-f1 6571  df-fo 6572  df-f1o 6573  df-fv 6574  df-isom 6575  df-riota 7408  df-ov 7454  df-oprab 7455  df-mpo 7456  df-rpss 7771  df-om 7912  df-1st 8035  df-2nd 8036  df-frecs 8337  df-wrecs 8368  df-recs 8417  df-rdg 8456  df-seqom 8496  df-1o 8514  df-er 8755  df-map 8887  df-en 9012  df-dom 9013  df-sdom 9014  df-fin 9015  df-wdom 9596  df-card 10057  df-fin2 10403  df-fin4 10404  df-fin3 10405

This theorem is used by:  fin1a2s  10531  finngch  10779  infinfnum  35890  fin2so  38798