Theorem fin23 10280

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 10209) 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 10337 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 10257	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10242	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2111  Fin^IIcfin2 10170  Fin^IIIcfin3 10172

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1796  ax-4 1810  ax-5 1911  ax-6 1968  ax-7 2009  ax-8 2113  ax-9 2121  ax-10 2144  ax-11 2160  ax-12 2180  ax-ext 2703  ax-rep 5215  ax-sep 5232  ax-nul 5242  ax-pow 5301  ax-pr 5368  ax-un 7668

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 207  df-an 396  df-or 848  df-3or 1087  df-3an 1088  df-tru 1544  df-fal 1554  df-ex 1781  df-nf 1785  df-sb 2068  df-mo 2535  df-eu 2564  df-clab 2710  df-cleq 2723  df-clel 2806  df-nfc 2881  df-ne 2929  df-ral 3048  df-rex 3057  df-rmo 3346  df-reu 3347  df-rab 3396  df-v 3438  df-sbc 3737  df-csb 3846  df-dif 3900  df-un 3902  df-in 3904  df-ss 3914  df-pss 3917  df-nul 4281  df-if 4473  df-pw 4549  df-sn 4574  df-pr 4576  df-op 4580  df-uni 4857  df-int 4896  df-iun 4941  df-br 5090  df-opab 5152  df-mpt 5171  df-tr 5197  df-id 5509  df-eprel 5514  df-po 5522  df-so 5523  df-fr 5567  df-se 5568  df-we 5569  df-xp 5620  df-rel 5621  df-cnv 5622  df-co 5623  df-dm 5624  df-rn 5625  df-res 5626  df-ima 5627  df-pred 6248  df-ord 6309  df-on 6310  df-lim 6311  df-suc 6312  df-iota 6437  df-fun 6483  df-fn 6484  df-f 6485  df-f1 6486  df-fo 6487  df-f1o 6488  df-fv 6489  df-isom 6490  df-riota 7303  df-ov 7349  df-oprab 7350  df-mpo 7351  df-rpss 7656  df-om 7797  df-1st 7921  df-2nd 7922  df-frecs 8211  df-wrecs 8242  df-recs 8291  df-rdg 8329  df-seqom 8367  df-1o 8385  df-er 8622  df-map 8752  df-en 8870  df-dom 8871  df-sdom 8872  df-fin 8873  df-wdom 9451  df-card 9832  df-fin2 10177  df-fin4 10178  df-fin3 10179

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10305  finngch  10546  fin2so  37657