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A sigma-algebra with a listed infinite subfamily contains a disjoint sequence of nonempty members

Statement

Let A be a sigma-algebra on X. If there is an injective sequence e:NA, then there is a sequence (Dn)nN of pairwise disjoint nonempty members of A.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A sigma-algebra A on X and an injective sequence e:NA.

[L1]

A sigma-algebra is closed under complements and countable unions, hence under finite Boolean operations (Sigma-algebras).

[L2]

A countably infinite set admits a bijective listing by N (Finite, countably infinite, countable, uncountable).

[L3]

A seed and a function determine a sequence by recursion on N (The recursion theorem).

Proof

technique · constructive
1.1

Let B be the Boolean algebra generated by the sets e(n). Finite Boolean expressions can be coded by natural numbers, so deleting repeated values in least-code order gives a listing of B. It is infinite because it contains the distinct sets e(n).

givenL1L2construct
2.1

Call a nonempty BB an atom when it has no nonempty proper member in B. If B has infinitely many atoms, list them in least-code order. Otherwise let R0 be the complement of the union of its finitely many atoms. This complement is nonempty: if the atoms covered X, then intersecting any member of B with each atom would show that every member is a union of those finitely many atoms, contradicting that B is infinite. The set R0 contains no atom. Given nonempty atomless RnB, take the least listed B that splits it, put Dn:=RnB and Rn+1:=RnB, and use [L3] to continue. Both new sets are nonempty by the choice of B.

step 1.1L1L3construct
3.1

In the first case the listed atoms are pairwise disjoint nonempty members of A. In the second, each DnRn is nonempty, Rn+1 is disjoint from Dn, and all later Dm lie in Rn+1; hence the Dn are pairwise disjoint members of A. This constructs the required sequence without a choice principle.

step 2.1discharge-construct

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