PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur

Sub:NS1001: Mathematics 1
Assignment-1

1. Prove that there is no rational number whose square is 12.

2. Let S be a non-empty subset of real numbers, bounded above. Show that if u = sup S,
then for every natural number n, the number u − n1 is not an upper bound of S, but
the number u + n1 is an upper bound of S.

3. Let A and B be bounded subsets of R, Then show that A ∪ B is a bounded subset of

R. Show that
sup A ∪ B = max {sup A, sup B} .

4. Let A be a non-empty set real numbers which is bounded below. Let −A be the set of
numbers −x, where x ∈ A. Prove that

inf (A) = − sup (−A) .

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5. Let A and B be non-empty subsets of R and let A ⊆ B. Then show that

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inf (B) ≤ inf (A) ≤ sup (A) ≤ sup (B) .

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6. Find Supremum and Infimum of the following sets:-

(a) sup 1 − n1 : n ∈ N and inf 1 − n1 : n ∈ N .

 

(b) sup (Q) and inf (Q) .

(c) sup n − n1 : n ∈ N and inf n − 1
 
n
:n∈N .
(d) sup {x ∈ Q : x2 < 2} and inf {x ∈ Q : x2 < 2} .