Denseness and Completeness of Real Numbers

Covers the denseness property, bounded and unbounded sets, and the least upper bound / greatest lower bound (completeness) properties.

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The Property of Denseness

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The property of denseness states that between any two different real numbers there is always:

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Denseness and the Integers

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True or False: The property of denseness holds for the set of integers.

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Definition of Bounded Above

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A set A is bounded above if there exists a real number u such that:

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Definition of the Least Upper Bound

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A number M is the least upper bound (l.u.b.) of a set A if M is an upper bound and:

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Sort the Sets: Bounded or Unbounded?

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×{2, 12, 0, −5, 7}
×[0, 1]
×(a, ∞)
×N = {1, 2, 3, ...}
×{1, 1/2, 1/3, ...}
Bounded
Unbounded

Classify each set as Bounded or Unbounded

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Find the Least Upper Bound

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For the set \(A = \{1, \tfrac12, \tfrac13, \tfrac14, \ldots\}\), what is the least upper bound (l.u.b.)?

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Find the Greatest Lower Bound

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For the same set \(A = \{1, \tfrac12, \tfrac13, \tfrac14, \ldots\}\), what is the greatest lower bound (g.l.b.)?

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The Axiom of Least Upper Bound

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The Axiom of Least Upper Bound states that every nonempty subset of R with an upper bound has:

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Does the l.u.b. Axiom Hold for Q?

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Does the least upper bound axiom hold if R is replaced by Q, the set of rational numbers?

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The Least Upper Bound of a Classic Set

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Consider \(A = \{x \in \mathbb{Q} : x > 0 \text{ and } x^2 < 2\}\). This set is bounded above in Q but has no least upper bound within Q. What is its least upper bound in R?

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