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    Math 312, Intro. To Real Analysis: Homework #2 Solutions: Stephen G. Simpson Wednesday, February 4, 2009

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    (1) The document provides solutions to homework problems from an introductory real analysis course. (2) It finds the supremums and infimums of various sets as requested in problems 4.1, 4.3, 4.7, 4.14, and 5.3 from the textbook. (3) Key results shown include that the supremum of the union of two sets is the maximum of the individual supremums, and the supremum of the sum of two sets is the sum of the individual supremums.

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    Math 312, Intro.

    to Real Analysis:
    Homework #2 Solutions
    Stephen G. Simpson
    Wednesday, February 4, 2009
    The assignment consists of Exercises 4.1, 4.3, 4.7, 4.14, 5.3 in the Ross
    textbook. Each problem counts 10 points.
    4.1 The sups of these sets are found in Exercise 4.3. In each case, if is the
    sup of the set, then , + 1, and + 2 are three different upper bounds
    of the set. If the set has no sup, then it has no upper bound.
    4.3 The sups are: (a) 1, (b) 1, (c) 7, (d) ,
    (e) 1, (f) 0, (g) 3, (h) NO SUP, (i)
    1, (j) 1, (k) NO SUP, (l) 2, (m) 2, (n) 2, (o) 0, (p) 10, (q) 16, (r) 1, (s)
    1/2, (t) 2, (u) NO SUP, (v) 1/2, (w) 1/2.
    4.7 Let S and T be nonempty bounded subsets of R. The completeness property of R implies that = sup S and = sup T exist.
    (a) Assume S T . In other words, every x belonging to S also belongs
    to T .
    i. Since is an upper bound of T , every x belonging to S is . In
    other words, is an upper bound of S. Since is the least upper
    bound of S, it follows that . In other words, sup S sup T .
    ii. A similar argument shows that inf T inf S.
    iii. Since S is nonempty, let x be an element of S. By definition of
    inf and sup we have inf S x sup S for all such x.

    Combining our results, we have inf T inf S sup S sup T ,


    Q.E.D.
    (b) S T is again a nonempty bounded subset of R, so let = sup(S T ).

    i. Since S S T , it follows1 that . Similarly, since T


    S T , it follows that . Combining these two inequalities,
    we have max{, } .
    ii. Conversely, given > 0, we know that < , hence
    is not an upper bound of S T . Therefore, let z be such that
    < z and z belongs to S T . If z belongs to S, then

    1 by

    part (a) applied to S and S T

    < z sup S = . Similarly, if z belongs to T , then <


    z sup T = . In either case we have < max{, }. Since
    this inequality holds for all > 0, it follows that max{, }.

    Combining these two results, we see that = max{, }. In other


    words, sup(S T ) = max{sup S, sup T }, Q.E.D.
    4.14 Let A and B be nonempty bounded subsets of R. Let
    S = A + B = {a + b : a in A, b in B}.
    Let = sup A, = sup B, and = sup(A + B).
    (a) Let > 0 be given. Since /2 < = sup A, we can find a in A such
    that /2 < a. Similarly, we can find b in B such that /2 < b.
    Let c = a + b. Then ( + ) = ( /2) + ( /2) < a + b = c
    and c belongs to A + B. It follows that ( + ) < sup(A + B) = .
    Since this holds for all > 0, if follows that + .

    (b) Conversely, given c in A + B, we can find a in A and b in B such


    that c = a + b. Then a sup A = and b sup B = , hence
    c = a + b + . Thus + is an upper bound of A + B. Since
    is the least upper bound of A + B, it follows that + .
    Combining these two results, we see that = + . In other words,
    sup(A + B) = sup A + sup B.
    Similarly, it can be shown that inf(A + B) = inf A + inf B.
    5.3 For the unbounded sets in 4.1 we have (h) inf = 2, sup = , (k) inf = 0,
    sup = , (l) inf = , sup = 2, (o) inf = , sup = 0, (t) inf = ,
    sup = 2, (u) inf = 0, sup = . All of the other sets in 4.1 are bounded.

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