/- Exercises I 3.12 A Set of Axioms for the Real-Number System -/ -- ======================================== -- Exercise 1 -- -- If `x` and `y` are arbitrary real numbers with `x < y`, prove that there is -- at least one real `z` satisfying `x < z < y`. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 2 -- -- If `x` is an arbitrary real number, prove that there are integers `m` and `n` -- such that `m < x < n`. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 3 -- -- If `x > 0`, prove that there is a positive integer `n` such that `1 / n < x`. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 4 -- -- If `x` is an arbitrary real number, prove that there is exactly one integer -- `n` which satisfies the inequalities `n ≤ x < n + 1`. This `n` is called the -- greatest integer in `x` and is denoted by `⌊x⌋`. For example, `⌊5⌋ = 5`, -- `⌊5 / 2⌋ = 2`, `⌊-8/3⌋ = -3`. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 5 -- -- If `x` is an arbitrary real number, prove that there is exactly one integer -- `n` which satisfies `x ≤ n < x + 1`. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 6 -- -- If `x` and `y` are arbitrary real numbers, `x < y`, prove that there exists -- at least one rational number `r` satisfying `x < r < y`, and hence infinitely -- many. This property is often described by saying that the rational numbers -- are *dense* in the real-number system. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 7 -- -- If `x` is rational, `x ≠ 0`, and `y` irrational, prove that `x + y`, `x - y`, -- `xy`, `x / y`, and `y / x` are all irrational. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 8 -- -- Is the sum or product of two irrational numbers always irrational? -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 9 -- -- If `x` and `y` are arbitrary real numbers, `x < y`, prove that there exists -- at least one irrational number `z` satisfying `x < z < y`, and hence -- infinitely many. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 10 -- -- An integer `n` is called *even* if `n = 2m` for some integer `m`, and *odd* -- if `n + 1` is even. Prove the following statements: -- -- (a) An integer cannot be both even and odd. -- (b) Every integer is either even or odd. -- (c) The sum or product of two even integers is even. What can you say about -- the sum or product of two odd integers? -- (d) If `n²` is even, so is `n`. If `a² = 2b²`, where `a` and `b` are -- integers, then both `a` and `b` are even. -- (e) Every rational number can be expressed in the form `a / b`, where `a` and -- `b` are integers, at least one of which is odd. -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 11 -- -- Prove that there is no rational number whose square is `2`. -- -- [Hint: Argue by contradiction. Assume `(a / b)² = 2`, where `a` and `b` are -- integers, at least one of which is odd. Use parts of Exercise 10 to deduce a -- contradiction.] -- ======================================== -- # TODO -- ======================================== -- Exercise 12 -- -- The Archimedean property of the real-number system was deduced as a -- consequence of the least-upper-bound axiom. Prove that the set of rational -- numbers satisfies the Archimedean property but not he least-upper-bound -- property. This shows that the Archimedean property does not imply the -- least-upper-bound axiom. -- ======================================== -- # TODO