Theorem fin23 10474

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 10403) 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 10531 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 10451	. 2 ⊢ FinIII = {𝑔 ∣ ∀𝑎 ∈ (𝒫 𝑔 ↑m ω)(∀𝑥 ∈ ω (𝑎‘suc 𝑥) ⊆ (𝑎‘𝑥) → ∩ ran 𝑎 ∈ ran 𝑎)}
2	1	fin23lem40 10436	1 ⊢ (𝐴 ∈ FinII → 𝐴 ∈ FinIII)

This proof depends on syntax axioms:   → wi 4   ∈ wcel 2144  Fin^IIcfin2 10364  Fin^IIIcfin3 10366

This proof depends on axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8  ax-gen 1827  ax-4 1841  ax-5 1942  ax-6 1999  ax-7 2040  ax-8 2146  ax-9 2154  ax-10 2177  ax-11 2193  ax-12 2212  ax-ext 2732  ax-rep 5231  ax-sep 5248  ax-nul 5259  ax-pow 5327  ax-pr 5391  ax-un 7755

This proof depends on definitions:  df-bi 210  df-an 402  df-or 862  df-3or 1104  df-3an 1105  df-tru 1572  df-fal 1582  df-ex 1812  df-nf 1816  df-sb 2099  df-mo 2564  df-eu 2594  df-clab 2739  df-cleq 2752  df-clel 2835  df-nfc 2909  df-ne 2956  df-ral 3077  df-rex 3087  df-rmo 3365  df-reu 3366  df-rab 3413  df-v 3452  df-sbc 3739  df-csb 3848  df-ss 3897  df-pss 4013  df-dif 4046  df-in 4090  df-un 4150  df-nul 4278  df-if 4482  df-pw 4558  df-sn 4585  df-pr 4587  df-op 4835  df-uni 4867  df-int 4907  df-iun 4952  df-br 5103  df-opab 5167  df-mpt 5186  df-tr 5212  df-id 5546  df-eprel 5551  df-po 5559  df-so 5560  df-fr 5604  df-se 5605  df-we 5606  df-xp 5657  df-rel 5658  df-cnv 5659  df-co 5660  df-dm 5661  df-rn 5662  df-res 5663  df-ima 5664  df-pred 6307  df-ord 6368  df-on 6369  df-lim 6370  df-suc 6371  df-iota 6497  df-fun 6545  df-fn 6546  df-f 6547  df-f1 6548  df-fo 6549  df-f1o 6550  df-fv 6551  df-isom 6552  df-riota 7381  df-ov 7427  df-oprab 7428  df-mpo 7429  df-rpss 7743  df-om 7882  df-1st 8005  df-2nd 8006  df-frecs 8307  df-wrecs 8338  df-recs 8387  df-rdg 8426  df-seqom 8466  df-1o 8484  df-er 8725  df-map 8857  df-en 8982  df-dom 8983  df-sdom 8984  df-fin 8985  df-wdom 9566  df-card 10027  df-fin2 10371  df-fin4 10372  df-fin3 10373

This theorem is used by:  fin1a2s  10499  finngch  10747  infinfnum  35825  fin2so  38667