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    This document provides the problems for Problem Set 1 in the course Unit 1: Real Numbers. It includes 6 required problems proving theorems about real numbers and arithmetic from sources like Apostol and the course notes. An optional bonus problem asks to prove relationships between the arithmetic and geometric means of positive real numbers using induction and constructing new sets from repeated elements. The problems are due on September 17th and are each worth 4 points.

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    This document provides the problems for Problem Set 1 in the course Unit 1: Real Numbers. It includes 6 required problems proving theorems about real numbers and arithmetic from sources like Apostol and the course notes. An optional bonus problem asks to prove relationships between the arithmetic and geometric means of positive real numbers using induction and constructing new sets from repeated elements. The problems are due on September 17th and are each worth 4 points.

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    This document provides the problems for Problem Set 1 in the course Unit 1: Real Numbers. It includes 6 required problems proving theorems about real numbers and arithmetic from sources like Apostol and the course notes. An optional bonus problem asks to prove relationships between the arithmetic and geometric means of positive real numbers using induction and constructing new sets from repeated elements. The problems are due on September 17th and are each worth 4 points.

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    Unit 1: Real Numbers

    Pset1 – Due September 17 (4 points each)

    1. Prove Theorem I.11: If ab = 0 then a = 0 or b = 0

    2. Prove Theorem I.25: If a < c and b < d then a + b < c + d.

    3. Apostol page 43: 1j

    4. Course Notes: A – Prove Theorem 6

    5. Course Notes: A – Prove Theorem 12

    6. Course Notes: A.10:6

    Bonus: (Only to be attempted once other problems are completed) Let


    x1 + x2 + . . . + xn
    An = , Gn = (x1 x2 . . . xn )1/n
    n
    represent the arithmetic and geometric mean, respectively, for a set of n positive real numbers.

    • Prove that Gn ≤ An for n = 2.

    • Use induction to show Gn ≤ An for any n = 2k where k is a positive integer.

    • Now for any positive integer n, suppose n < 2m for some integer m. Using the set
    {x1 , x2 , . . . , xn , An , An , . . . , An } where the An appears 2m − n times in the set, show that
    G n ≤ An .

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