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尽管至少早在古希腊时代,人们就开始研究实数线,但直到1872年,实数线才被严格地定义。而自始至终,它一直是在数学的许多分支中扮演重要角色的实例。

实数轴上的拓扑最为基本同时它又通过笛卡尔乘积的形式诱导了Rn上面的拓扑,所以熟练的掌握它对于后续的学习是非常必要的。

下面是一些典型的Math 115A 前期的assignment(实轴上的拓扑)中可能会出现的典型题目。

Problem 1. a) Show that any closed interval I=[a,b] is the countable infinite intersection of open intervals.
b) Show that any open interval I=(a,b) is the countable infinite union of closed intervals.
Proof . (a) [a,b]=n=1(a1/n,b+1/n).
(b) Let N be large enough so that ba>2N (so that we do not get empty set in the union, but it is also fine if you include many emtpy sets). Then (a,b)=n=N[a+1/n,b1/n].
Problem 2. Define an open subset of R,UR, to be set that has the property that for every xU, there is an open interval I so that xIU. The empty set is considered open as it vacuously satisfies this condition.
a) Show that if {Uλ}λA is any collection of open subsets, then U=λAUλ is open.
b) Show that if U1,,Un is a finite collection of open subsets, then U=U1Un is open.
c) Show by example, that there is a countable infinite collection of open subsets {Un}nN so that V= i=1Ui is not open.
Proof . (a) Let xU, then by definition there is some λ such that xUλ. Since Uλ is open we have an open interval Ix such that xIxUλU, so U is open.
(b) Let xU, then xUi for each i=1,,n. By definition there are open intervals I1,In such that xIiUi. Without loss of generality, and after possibly shrinking Ii, we can assume Ii=(xai,x+ai) for aiR. Now choose a real number a<min{a1,,an}, it follows that (xa,x+a)IiUi for each i=1,,n, and hence (xa,x+a)ni=1Ui=U, so U is
open.
(c) The example is the same as Problem 1 (a). We will show that the closed interval (as the name suggests) [a,b] is not open. In fact, any open interval around b will not be fully contained in [a,b]. Indeed, any interval around b contains an interval of the form (bε,b+ε) for some ε>0, and it is clear that b+ε/2[a,b].
Problem 3. Let U be an open subset as defined above. Show that if U is non-empty, then U contains some rational number.
Proof . Since Q is dense in R, given any xU and an interval (xa,x+a)U,Q(xa,x+a) is not empty, so there is at least some rational number in it.
Problem 4.

Determine if the following series converge and if they do find their limit. Please justify your answer rigorously.
a) {nn+1}n=1.
b) {(2)nn2}n=1

Proof . (a) We claim that the limit is 1. Indeed, given ε>0, let N>0 be such that 1N<ε, then for all n>N we have
|nn+11|=1n+1<1N<ε

So the limit is 1 by definition.
(b) We claim that the limit does not exist. Suppose for a contradiction that LR is the limit of the sequence. We must exhibit an ε such that there is no NN such that
|(2)nn2L|<ε

for all n>N. We will show this using ε=1. Let n be even and by triangle in equality we have
|(2)nn2L|2nn2L

Now since 2n grows much faster than n2, given any NN, we can choose an even number n>N large so that
2nn2>L+2

and it follows
|(2)nn2L|>L+2L>2>1

a contradiction, so the limit must not be equal to L for any LR. Hence the limit must not exist.
Problem 5.

Let {xn}n=1 be a convergent monotone sequence. If limnxn=xk for a fixed k, then xn=xk for all nk

Proof .

Without loss of generality we may suppose {xn} is nondecreasing (otherwise consider {xn} ). Suppose for a contradiction that there is some N>k such that xN>xk (since the sequence is nondecreasing xNxk). Let ε=xNxk, it follows from monotonicity that
|xnxk|=xnxkxNxk>ε


for every nN, so xk clearly cannot be the limit of the sequence, a contradiction.

Problem 6.

a) Let {In}nN be a collection of closed bounded intervals with In+1In for all n1. Show that n=1In is non-empty.
b) Let {Jn}nN be a collection of open bounded intervals with Jn+1Jn for all n1. Show by example that it is possible for n=1Jn to be empty.

Proof . (a) Let In=[an,bn]. The nested condition ensures that {an} is a monotone nondecreasing sequence. Note also that {an} is bounded above by b1, so by the monotone convergence theorem we have ana for some aR. We claim that an=1In. Note that it suffices to show that abn for every n. Suppose for a contradiction that a>bn0 for some n0. Let ε=abn0. Since ana, there is NN such that n>N implies aan<ε=abn0. On the other hand, since the intervals are nested we have abn0<abn for every n>n0. Thus choosing n>max{N,n0} we have
aan<ε=abn0<abnbn<an

a contradiction, since the intervals are assumed to be nonempty. This proves abn for every n and so aIn for every n, which in turn implies an=1In.
(b) Consider Jn=(0,1/n), then n=1Jn=.
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