Kuwait University Math 329 (Johnson) Date: March 21, 2001

Dept of Math and Comp Sci Exam I Duration: 1 hr

Answer all of the following questions. Each (sub)question is worth 4 points.

Calculators, pagers and mobile telephones are NOT allowed.

1. (a) Give an example of a nonempty bounded set S ⊂ R for which sup S 6∈ S.

(b) Let T be a nonempty bounded subset of R with M = sup T . Prove that for
every  > 0, there exists t ∈ T such that M −  ≤ t ≤ M .

2. Let F = {m2−n : m, n ∈ N}.

(a) Prove that 0 is a limit point of F .
(b) Prove that −1 is not a limit point of F .

3. (a) Prove that the sequence {cos(n2 − 5n + 3)} has a convergent subsequence.
(b) Prove that if {cn } converges to C and {dn } converges to D, then {cn + dn }
converges to C + D.

4. (a) Prove that (0, ∞) is an open set.

(b) Prove that (−∞, 0] is a closed set.

5. Let the sequence {an } be defined recursively by

a1 = 3,
a2 = 4,
1
an+2 = an+1 + (an+1 − an ), n ∈ N.
5

Prove that {an } is a convergent sequence.