Let F be a family of subsets of a ground set X such that ∪F∈FF=X, and
(a) if A,B∈F, then A∪B⊆C for some C∈F;
(b) if An∈F(n=0,1,...) ,B∈F, and A0⊂A1⊂..., then, for some k≥0,An∩B=Ak∩B for all n≥k.
Show that there exist pairwise disjoint sets Xγ(γ∈Γ ), with X=∪{Xγ:γ∈Γ }, such that every Xγ is contained in some member of F, and every element of F is contained in the union of finitely many Xγ's.
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