Theorem fin23 10297

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 10226) 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 10354 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 10274	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10259	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2113  Fin^IIcfin2 10187  Fin^IIIcfin3 10189

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 2115  ax-9 2123  ax-10 2146  ax-11 2162  ax-12 2182  ax-ext 2706  ax-rep 5222  ax-sep 5239  ax-nul 5249  ax-pow 5308  ax-pr 5375  ax-un 7678

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 2537  df-eu 2567  df-clab 2713  df-cleq 2726  df-clel 2809  df-nfc 2883  df-ne 2931  df-ral 3050  df-rex 3059  df-rmo 3348  df-reu 3349  df-rab 3398  df-v 3440  df-sbc 3739  df-csb 3848  df-dif 3902  df-un 3904  df-in 3906  df-ss 3916  df-pss 3919  df-nul 4284  df-if 4478  df-pw 4554  df-sn 4579  df-pr 4581  df-op 4585  df-uni 4862  df-int 4901  df-iun 4946  df-br 5097  df-opab 5159  df-mpt 5178  df-tr 5204  df-id 5517  df-eprel 5522  df-po 5530  df-so 5531  df-fr 5575  df-se 5576  df-we 5577  df-xp 5628  df-rel 5629  df-cnv 5630  df-co 5631  df-dm 5632  df-rn 5633  df-res 5634  df-ima 5635  df-pred 6257  df-ord 6318  df-on 6319  df-lim 6320  df-suc 6321  df-iota 6446  df-fun 6492  df-fn 6493  df-f 6494  df-f1 6495  df-fo 6496  df-f1o 6497  df-fv 6498  df-isom 6499  df-riota 7313  df-ov 7359  df-oprab 7360  df-mpo 7361  df-rpss 7666  df-om 7807  df-1st 7931  df-2nd 7932  df-frecs 8221  df-wrecs 8252  df-recs 8301  df-rdg 8339  df-seqom 8377  df-1o 8395  df-er 8633  df-map 8763  df-en 8882  df-dom 8883  df-sdom 8884  df-fin 8885  df-wdom 9468  df-card 9849  df-fin2 10194  df-fin4 10195  df-fin3 10196

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10322  finngch  10564  fin2so  37747