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Theorem fin23 10321
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 (𝑈𝑇) 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 10250) 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 10378 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 ∈ FinII𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Proof of Theorem fin23
Dummy variables 𝑎 𝑔 𝑥 are mutually distinct and distinct from all other variables.
StepHypRef Expression
1 isf33lem 10298 . 2 FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎𝑥) → ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
21fin23lem40 10283 1 (𝐴 ∈ FinII𝐴 ∈ FinIII)
Colors of variables: wff setvar class
Syntax hints:  wi 4  wcel 2106  FinIIcfin2 10211  FinIIIcfin3 10213
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 1913  ax-6 1971  ax-7 2011  ax-8 2108  ax-9 2116  ax-10 2137  ax-11 2154  ax-12 2171  ax-ext 2707  ax-rep 5240  ax-sep 5254  ax-nul 5261  ax-pow 5318  ax-pr 5382  ax-un 7668
This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 206  df-an 397  df-or 846  df-3or 1088  df-3an 1089  df-tru 1544  df-fal 1554  df-ex 1782  df-nf 1786  df-sb 2068  df-mo 2538  df-eu 2567  df-clab 2714  df-cleq 2728  df-clel 2814  df-nfc 2887  df-ne 2942  df-ral 3063  df-rex 3072  df-rmo 3351  df-reu 3352  df-rab 3406  df-v 3445  df-sbc 3738  df-csb 3854  df-dif 3911  df-un 3913  df-in 3915  df-ss 3925  df-pss 3927  df-nul 4281  df-if 4485  df-pw 4560  df-sn 4585  df-pr 4587  df-op 4591  df-uni 4864  df-int 4906  df-iun 4954  df-br 5104  df-opab 5166  df-mpt 5187  df-tr 5221  df-id 5529  df-eprel 5535  df-po 5543  df-so 5544  df-fr 5586  df-se 5587  df-we 5588  df-xp 5637  df-rel 5638  df-cnv 5639  df-co 5640  df-dm 5641  df-rn 5642  df-res 5643  df-ima 5644  df-pred 6251  df-ord 6318  df-on 6319  df-lim 6320  df-suc 6321  df-iota 6445  df-fun 6495  df-fn 6496  df-f 6497  df-f1 6498  df-fo 6499  df-f1o 6500  df-fv 6501  df-isom 6502  df-riota 7309  df-ov 7356  df-oprab 7357  df-mpo 7358  df-rpss 7656  df-om 7799  df-1st 7917  df-2nd 7918  df-frecs 8208  df-wrecs 8239  df-recs 8313  df-rdg 8352  df-seqom 8390  df-1o 8408  df-er 8644  df-map 8763  df-en 8880  df-dom 8881  df-sdom 8882  df-fin 8883  df-wdom 9497  df-card 9871  df-fin2 10218  df-fin4 10219  df-fin3 10220
This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10346  finngch  10587  fin2so  36032
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