Theorem fin23 10318

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 10247) 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 10375 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 10295	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10280	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2109  Fin^IIcfin2 10208  Fin^IIIcfin3 10210

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1795  ax-4 1809  ax-5 1910  ax-6 1967  ax-7 2008  ax-8 2111  ax-9 2119  ax-10 2142  ax-11 2158  ax-12 2178  ax-ext 2701  ax-rep 5229  ax-sep 5246  ax-nul 5256  ax-pow 5315  ax-pr 5382  ax-un 7691

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 207  df-an 396  df-or 848  df-3or 1087  df-3an 1088  df-tru 1543  df-fal 1553  df-ex 1780  df-nf 1784  df-sb 2066  df-mo 2533  df-eu 2562  df-clab 2708  df-cleq 2721  df-clel 2803  df-nfc 2878  df-ne 2926  df-ral 3045  df-rex 3054  df-rmo 3351  df-reu 3352  df-rab 3403  df-v 3446  df-sbc 3751  df-csb 3860  df-dif 3914  df-un 3916  df-in 3918  df-ss 3928  df-pss 3931  df-nul 4293  df-if 4485  df-pw 4561  df-sn 4586  df-pr 4588  df-op 4592  df-uni 4868  df-int 4907  df-iun 4953  df-br 5103  df-opab 5165  df-mpt 5184  df-tr 5210  df-id 5526  df-eprel 5531  df-po 5539  df-so 5540  df-fr 5584  df-se 5585  df-we 5586  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 6262  df-ord 6323  df-on 6324  df-lim 6325  df-suc 6326  df-iota 6452  df-fun 6501  df-fn 6502  df-f 6503  df-f1 6504  df-fo 6505  df-f1o 6506  df-fv 6507  df-isom 6508  df-riota 7326  df-ov 7372  df-oprab 7373  df-mpo 7374  df-rpss 7679  df-om 7823  df-1st 7947  df-2nd 7948  df-frecs 8237  df-wrecs 8268  df-recs 8317  df-rdg 8355  df-seqom 8393  df-1o 8411  df-er 8648  df-map 8778  df-en 8896  df-dom 8897  df-sdom 8898  df-fin 8899  df-wdom 9494  df-card 9868  df-fin2 10215  df-fin4 10216  df-fin3 10217

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10343  finngch  10584  fin2so  37574