Assignment-1

Dr. Eshita Mazumdar

MAL-100 (Calculus)

1. Prove 12 + 22 + .. + n2 = 16 n(n + 1)(2n + 1) for all positive integers n.

2. Prove 1 + 21 + 14 + ... + 1
2n
=2− 1
2n
for all positive integers n.

3. Prove (11)n − 4n is divisible by 7 when n is a positive integer.

4. For each set below that is bounded above, list three upper bound for
the set. Otherwise write ”Not Bounded Above”.
(a) ∩∞ 1 1
n=1 [− n , 1 + n ].
(b) {1 − 31n : n ∈ R}.
(c) {r ∈ Q : r2 < 4}.
(d) ∩∞ 1 1
n=1 (1 − n , 1 + n ).
(e) { n1 : n ∈ N and n is prime}.
(f) {x2 : x ∈ R}.
(g) {cos( nπ 3
) : n ∈ N}.
nπ
(h) {sin( 3 ) : n ∈ N}.
1
5. If a ∈ R and 0 ≤ a ≤ n
for every natural number n. Prove that a = 0.

6. Find sup A and inf A, where

(a) A = {x ∈ R : x2 < 1}.
(b) A = {x ∈ R : 3x2 + 8x − 3 < 0}.
(c) A = { m1 + n1 : m, n ∈ N}.
n
(d) A = { n+(−1)
n
: n ∈ N}.

7. Let S = (0, 1] and T = { n1 : n = 1, 2, 3...}. Show that S \ T is an open

set.

8. Give an example of a set S ⊂ R such that

(a) S is neither closed nor open in R.
(b) S is both closed and open in R.