Theorem fin23 10368

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 10297) 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 10425 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 10345	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10330	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2143  Fin^IIcfin2 10258  Fin^IIIcfin3 10260

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1825  ax-4 1839  ax-5 1940  ax-6 1997  ax-7 2038  ax-8 2145  ax-9 2153  ax-10 2176  ax-11 2192  ax-12 2213  ax-ext 2735  ax-rep 5238  ax-sep 5257  ax-nul 5269  ax-pow 5336  ax-pr 5404  ax-un 7732

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 210  df-an 401  df-or 861  df-3or 1104  df-3an 1105  df-tru 1573  df-fal 1583  df-ex 1810  df-nf 1814  df-sb 2097  df-mo 2567  df-eu 2597  df-clab 2742  df-cleq 2755  df-clel 2838  df-nfc 2912  df-ne 2959  df-ral 3080  df-rex 3090  df-rmo 3369  df-reu 3370  df-rab 3417  df-v 3457  df-sbc 3745  df-csb 3854  df-dif 3908  df-un 3910  df-in 3912  df-ss 3922  df-pss 3925  df-nul 4287  df-if 4488  df-pw 4564  df-sn 4590  df-pr 4592  df-op 4596  df-uni 4873  df-int 4913  df-iun 4958  df-br 5110  df-opab 5174  df-mpt 5193  df-tr 5219  df-id 5556  df-eprel 5561  df-po 5569  df-so 5570  df-fr 5614  df-se 5615  df-we 5616  df-xp 5667  df-rel 5668  df-cnv 5669  df-co 5670  df-dm 5671  df-rn 5672  df-res 5673  df-ima 5674  df-pred 6302  df-ord 6363  df-on 6364  df-lim 6365  df-suc 6366  df-iota 6492  df-fun 6538  df-fn 6539  df-f 6540  df-f1 6541  df-fo 6542  df-f1o 6543  df-fv 6544  df-isom 6545  df-riota 7367  df-ov 7413  df-oprab 7414  df-mpo 7415  df-rpss 7720  df-om 7859  df-1st 7982  df-2nd 7983  df-frecs 8274  df-wrecs 8305  df-recs 8354  df-rdg 8393  df-seqom 8431  df-1o 8449  df-er 8690  df-map 8822  df-en 8940  df-dom 8941  df-sdom 8942  df-fin 8943  df-wdom 9523  df-card 9921  df-fin2 10265  df-fin4 10266  df-fin3 10267

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10393  finngch  10635  fin2so  38278