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RealNum102 Exercises1

The document outlines various exercises related to the Real Number System, including expressing subsets in interval notation and determining their openness or closedness. It also includes proofs of irrationality, properties of rational numbers, and functions' boundedness. Additionally, it discusses ordered fields and the existence of upper and lower bounds for specific sets.

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RealNum102 Exercises1

The document outlines various exercises related to the Real Number System, including expressing subsets in interval notation and determining their openness or closedness. It also includes proofs of irrationality, properties of rational numbers, and functions' boundedness. Additionally, it discusses ordered fields and the existence of upper and lower bounds for specific sets.

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Exercise-1

Real Number System

Real Number System


1. Express each of the following subsets of R in the interval notation (a, b) or [a, b) or
(a, b] or [a, b]. Determine which one is open interval or closed interval.

(a) {x ∈ R|2 < x < 7}


(b) {x ∈ R|0 ≤ x ≤ 7}
(c) {x ∈ R| − 5 ≤ x < 0}
(d) {x ∈ R| − 5 < x ≤ 0}
√
2. Prove that 3 is irrational.
√ √
3. Prove that there are no rationals r, s such that 3 = r + s 2.
x+a
4. Let a, b ∈ Q and x ∈ R − Q. Show that if x+b
is rational, then a = b
√
x2 +x+√ 2
5. Let x, y ∈ Q such that y 2 +y+ 2
∈ Q. Prove that either x = y or x + y = −1

6. Draw the graph of each following function in the x − y plane. Determine if each of
the functions bounded below, bounded above or bounded and justify your answer.

(a) f (x) = x, x ∈ [−1, 1]


(b) f (x) = x2 , x ∈ R
(c) f (x) = x3 , x ∈ [−5, 2)
(d) f (x) = sin 2x ∀, x ∈ [0, 4π]
(e) f (x) = x2 + 2x, x ∈ (−5, 2)
(f) f (x) = x1 , x ∈ (0, 1)
(g) f (x) = ex , ∀x ∈ (0, ∞)
(h) f (x) = max{x, −x} = |x|, x ∈ (−1, 1)
(i) f (x) = |x| + |x − 1|, x ∈ R

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(j) (
cos x x ∈ [− π2 , π2 ]
f (x) = π
|x| − 2
otherwise

(k) 
3π 3π
cos x x ∈ (− 2 , 2 )

f (x) = 1 x ≥ 3π
2

1 x ≤ − 3π

2

7. Which of the following is an ordered field with respect to usual addition (+) and
multiplication(.) ? justify.
√ √
(a) N (d) Q( 3) = {a + b 3|a, b ∈ Q}
(b) R − Q (e) Z
√ √ √ √
(c) Q( 2) = {a + b 2|a, b ∈ Q} (f) Z( 3) = {a + b 3|a, b ∈ Z}

8. Which of the following sets have an upper bound and which have a lower bound ?
In the cases where these exist , state what the least upper bound(Supremum) and
greatest lower bound(infimum) are. Find Supremum and infimum of the following
subsets of R.

(a) {x|x ∈ R, |x − 3| < |x − 9|}


(b) {x|x ∈ R, x3 − 2x < 0}
(c) {x|x ∈ N, x2 = a2 + b2 for some a, b ∈ N}
(d) {x|x ∈ R, x = 2−p + 5−q for some p, q ∈ N}
(e) {x|x ∈ N, x2 = a2 + b2 for some a, b ∈ N}
(f) {x|x ∈ R, 3x2 − 5x < 1}
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