Theorem fin23 10384

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 10313) 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 10441 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 10361	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10346	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

Syntax hints:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2107  Fin^IIcfin2 10274  Fin^IIIcfin3 10276

This theorem was proved from axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1798  ax-4 1812  ax-5 1914  ax-6 1972  ax-7 2012  ax-8 2109  ax-9 2117  ax-10 2138  ax-11 2155  ax-12 2172  ax-ext 2704  ax-rep 5286  ax-sep 5300  ax-nul 5307  ax-pow 5364  ax-pr 5428  ax-un 7725

This theorem depends on definitions:  df-bi 206  df-an 398  df-or 847  df-3or 1089  df-3an 1090  df-tru 1545  df-fal 1555  df-ex 1783  df-nf 1787  df-sb 2069  df-mo 2535  df-eu 2564  df-clab 2711  df-cleq 2725  df-clel 2811  df-nfc 2886  df-ne 2942  df-ral 3063  df-rex 3072  df-rmo 3377  df-reu 3378  df-rab 3434  df-v 3477  df-sbc 3779  df-csb 3895  df-dif 3952  df-un 3954  df-in 3956  df-ss 3966  df-pss 3968  df-nul 4324  df-if 4530  df-pw 4605  df-sn 4630  df-pr 4632  df-op 4636  df-uni 4910  df-int 4952  df-iun 5000  df-br 5150  df-opab 5212  df-mpt 5233  df-tr 5267  df-id 5575  df-eprel 5581  df-po 5589  df-so 5590  df-fr 5632  df-se 5633  df-we 5634  df-xp 5683  df-rel 5684  df-cnv 5685  df-co 5686  df-dm 5687  df-rn 5688  df-res 5689  df-ima 5690  df-pred 6301  df-ord 6368  df-on 6369  df-lim 6370  df-suc 6371  df-iota 6496  df-fun 6546  df-fn 6547  df-f 6548  df-f1 6549  df-fo 6550  df-f1o 6551  df-fv 6552  df-isom 6553  df-riota 7365  df-ov 7412  df-oprab 7413  df-mpo 7414  df-rpss 7713  df-om 7856  df-1st 7975  df-2nd 7976  df-frecs 8266  df-wrecs 8297  df-recs 8371  df-rdg 8410  df-seqom 8448  df-1o 8466  df-er 8703  df-map 8822  df-en 8940  df-dom 8941  df-sdom 8942  df-fin 8943  df-wdom 9560  df-card 9934  df-fin2 10281  df-fin4 10282  df-fin3 10283

This theorem is referenced by:  fin1a2s  10409  finngch  10650  fin2so  36475