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The document is a solution to the problem "Show that sup Qc = +∞". It uses proof by contradiction to show that the set of rational numbers Qc is not bounded above and therefore its supremum is positive infinity. It assumes Qc has an upper bound M, finds a rational number q between M and M+1 using density of irrationals, and arrives at a contradiction since q cannot be greater than M as it was defined as the upper bound.

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Quiz 1

The document is a solution to the problem "Show that sup Qc = +∞". It uses proof by contradiction to show that the set of rational numbers Qc is not bounded above and therefore its supremum is positive infinity. It assumes Qc has an upper bound M, finds a rational number q between M and M+1 using density of irrationals, and arrives at a contradiction since q cannot be greater than M as it was defined as the upper bound.

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Quiz 1

January 31, 2018

Quiz 1. Show that sup Qc = +∞.

Solution 1. We need to show that Qc is not bounded from above. We proceed


by contradiction. Suppose that Qc is bounded from above. Let M ∈ R be an
upper bound of Qc .
We have that M < M + 1. Since M and M + 1 are both real numbers,
by the density of the irrational numbers in R we know that there exist an
element q ∈ Qc such that M < q < M + 1. But M < q is a contradiction
with the definition of M as an upper bound of Qc .
We conclude that Qc is not bounded from above, i.e. sup Qc = +∞.

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