ASSIGNMENT 1.

NS 101: Mathematics for Continuous Domains

Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing
Jabalpur
1. Prove that there is no rational number whose square is 12.
2. Verify the following induction
(13 + 23 + ... + n3 ) = (1 + 2 + ...n)2
3. Let A and B be two nonempty subset of R and A B. Then show that
inf(B) inf(A) sup(A) sup(B)
4. Determine the boundedness and infimum, supremum of the following
(i) A = { n1 : n N}
n

: n N}
(ii)A = { (1)
n
(iii) The set of integers, rational and real numbers.
5. Find the supremum and infimum of the set
m
(i) A = { m+n
: m, n N}
6. Let A and B be bounded subset of R. Then show that A B is a bounded subset
of R and show that
sup(A B) = max{sup(A), sup(B)} and inf(A B) = min{inf(A), inf(B)}
7. Determine whether the following sets are bounded. If so, determmine their infimum
and supremum.
(i) A = {1 + (1)n : n N}
(ii) A = {x R : x2 + x + 1 0}
8. Show that the supremum and infimum of a set, if exists, are unique.
9. Find the supremum of the following set
A={

m
: m, n N and m < 2n}
n