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2. Suppose that α and β are any two real numbers satisfying α < β.
1
Show that there exists n ∈ N such that α < α + n
< β. Similarly, show that
for any two real numbers γ and δ
satisfying γ < δ
1
show that there exists n ∈ N such that γ < δ − n
< δ.
5. Find supremum and infimum of the following sets if they exists.(No need of
proofs
(1) {x ∈ R/|x − 4| < 3} (2) { n12 /n ∈ N} (3) { x12 /x ∈ R}
(4) ∪( −1
n
, 1
n
), n − primes m
(5) { m+n /m, n ∈ N}
7. Use mathematical induction to prove that for any integer n, the number n5 − n
is divisible by 5.