Homeworks are due at the beginning of class on Thursday. 1. Homework #1 Due Thursday, September 12, at the beginning of class.

Exercises 1.6, 1.12, 2.4, 3.6, 3.8, 4.4*, 4.6, 4.8, 4.10, 4.12 *For exercise 4.4, also describe each set in words. For example, 4.2(a) is the set of real numbers in the closed interval between 0 and 1. 2. Homework #2 Due Thursday, September 19, at the beginning of class. Exercises 7.3, 8.5(a), 8.8, 8.10, 9.4, 9.6, 9.14 3. Homework #3 Due Thursday, September 26, at the beginning of class. Exercises 10.4, 10.6, 10.10, 11.4, 11.10 4. Homework #4 Due Thursday, October 3, at the beginning of class.
1 n Let (sn ) be the sequence dened by sn = (1 + n ) . Use the binomial theorem to show that (sn ) is an increasing sequence with sn < 3 for all n. Conclude that (sn ) is convergent. The limit of (sn ) is referred to as e and used as the base for natural logarithms.

A sequence (sn ) is said to be contractive if there exists a constant k with 0 < k < 1 such that |sn+2 sn+1 | k |sn+1 sn | for all n N. Prove that every contractive sequence is a Cauchy sequence, and hence convergent. Also: Exercises 12.8, 14.4, 14.8, 14.10 5. Homework #5 Due Thursday, October 10, at the beginning of class. Let be some constant in the range 1/2 < 1. For each x [1, 1], show that there is a sequence (bj ) j =0 of binary numbers bj {1, 1} such that x n = b0 + b1 + + bk k + + bn n satises |x xn |
n+1 1

for all n = 0, 1, . . . . Conclude that xn x.

Also: Exercises 15.2, 15.4, 15.6