let n be Nat; for TM being metrizable TopSpace
for A, B being Subset of TM st A is closed & B is closed & A misses B holds
for H being Subset of TM st ind H <= n & TM | H is second-countable & TM | H is finite-ind holds
ex L being Subset of TM st
( L separates A,B & ind (L /\ H) <= n - 1 )
let TM be metrizable TopSpace; for A, B being Subset of TM st A is closed & B is closed & A misses B holds
for H being Subset of TM st ind H <= n & TM | H is second-countable & TM | H is finite-ind holds
ex L being Subset of TM st
( L separates A,B & ind (L /\ H) <= n - 1 )
let A, B be Subset of TM; ( A is closed & B is closed & A misses B implies for H being Subset of TM st ind H <= n & TM | H is second-countable & TM | H is finite-ind holds
ex L being Subset of TM st
( L separates A,B & ind (L /\ H) <= n - 1 ) )
assume that
A1:
( A is closed & B is closed )
and
A2:
A misses B
; for H being Subset of TM st ind H <= n & TM | H is second-countable & TM | H is finite-ind holds
ex L being Subset of TM st
( L separates A,B & ind (L /\ H) <= n - 1 )
let H be Subset of TM; ( ind H <= n & TM | H is second-countable & TM | H is finite-ind implies ex L being Subset of TM st
( L separates A,B & ind (L /\ H) <= n - 1 ) )
assume that
A3:
ind H <= n
and
A4:
( TM | H is second-countable & TM | H is finite-ind )
; ex L being Subset of TM st
( L separates A,B & ind (L /\ H) <= n - 1 )
H is finite-ind
by A4, TOPDIM_1:18;
then
ind H = ind (TM | H)
by TOPDIM_1:17;
then consider a, b being Subset of (TM | H) such that
A5:
[#] (TM | H) = a \/ b
and
a misses b
and
A6:
ind a <= n - 1
and
A7:
ind b <= 0
by A3, A4, Lm3;
[#] (TM | H) c= [#] TM
by PRE_TOPC:def 4;
then reconsider aa = a, bb = b as Subset of TM by XBOOLE_1:1;
A8:
bb is finite-ind
by A4, TOPDIM_1:22;
A9:
H = aa \/ bb
by A5, PRE_TOPC:def 5;
then A10:
bb /\ H = bb
by XBOOLE_1:7, XBOOLE_1:28;
( ind b = ind bb & (TM | H) | b = TM | bb )
by A4, METRIZTS:9, TOPDIM_1:22;
then consider L being Subset of TM such that
A11:
L separates A,B
and
A12:
L misses bb
by A1, A2, A4, A7, A8, TOPDIM_1:37;
take
L
; ( L separates A,B & ind (L /\ H) <= n - 1 )
( L /\ H misses bb & L /\ H c= H )
by A10, A12, XBOOLE_1:17, XBOOLE_1:76;
then
( aa is finite-ind & L /\ H c= aa )
by A4, A9, TOPDIM_1:22, XBOOLE_1:73;
then
( ind a = ind aa & ind (L /\ H) <= ind aa )
by TOPDIM_1:19, TOPDIM_1:21;
hence
( L separates A,B & ind (L /\ H) <= n - 1 )
by A6, A11, XXREAL_0:2; verum