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Recursively repetition-free labelled trees preserve Dedekind-finiteness

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If D is an infinite Dedekind-finite set, then T(D) is another such set. Single-vertex rooted trees inject D into it. A countable sequence of distinct rooted trees gives finite lists of labels by the depth-first traversal of a tree in the prescribed child order. By countable union of explicitly ordered finite lists without choice, an infinite union of labels contradicts Dedekind-finiteness. A finite union F is equally impossible, since every rooted tree then lies in the finite set T(F), by mathematical induction on ∣F∣ using the recursive child rule. Thus no countably infinite subset of rooted trees exists.

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