Theorem fin23 10305

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 10234) 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 10362 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 10282	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10267	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2114  Fin^IIcfin2 10195  Fin^IIIcfin3 10197

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 1912  ax-6 1969  ax-7 2010  ax-8 2116  ax-9 2124  ax-10 2147  ax-11 2163  ax-12 2185  ax-ext 2709  ax-rep 5213  ax-sep 5232  ax-nul 5242  ax-pow 5303  ax-pr 5371  ax-un 7683

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 207  df-an 396  df-or 849  df-3or 1088  df-3an 1089  df-tru 1545  df-fal 1555  df-ex 1782  df-nf 1786  df-sb 2069  df-mo 2540  df-eu 2570  df-clab 2716  df-cleq 2729  df-clel 2812  df-nfc 2886  df-ne 2934  df-ral 3053  df-rex 3063  df-rmo 3343  df-reu 3344  df-rab 3391  df-v 3432  df-sbc 3730  df-csb 3839  df-dif 3893  df-un 3895  df-in 3897  df-ss 3907  df-pss 3910  df-nul 4275  df-if 4468  df-pw 4544  df-sn 4569  df-pr 4571  df-op 4575  df-uni 4852  df-int 4891  df-iun 4936  df-br 5087  df-opab 5149  df-mpt 5168  df-tr 5194  df-id 5520  df-eprel 5525  df-po 5533  df-so 5534  df-fr 5578  df-se 5579  df-we 5580  df-xp 5631  df-rel 5632  df-cnv 5633  df-co 5634  df-dm 5635  df-rn 5636  df-res 5637  df-ima 5638  df-pred 6260  df-ord 6321  df-on 6322  df-lim 6323  df-suc 6324  df-iota 6449  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 7318  df-ov 7364  df-oprab 7365  df-mpo 7366  df-rpss 7671  df-om 7812  df-1st 7936  df-2nd 7937  df-frecs 8225  df-wrecs 8256  df-recs 8305  df-rdg 8343  df-seqom 8381  df-1o 8399  df-er 8637  df-map 8769  df-en 8888  df-dom 8889  df-sdom 8890  df-fin 8891  df-wdom 9474  df-card 9857  df-fin2 10202  df-fin4 10203  df-fin3 10204

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10330  finngch  10572  fin2so  37945