10 Chapter 1 • The Real Number System
(h) Exercise 18.
(i) Exercise 1 9.
(j) Exercise 20. •
EXERCISE SET 1.1-B
- Prove Theorem 1.1.2 (b).
2. Prove Theorem 1.1.3 (b). [Hint: see how Part (a) was proved.] - Prove Theorem 1.1.3 (d). [Hint: see how Part (c) was proved.]
- Prove Theorem 1.1.4 (c). [Hint: compare with the proof of (a).]
- Prove Theorem 1.1.4 (f). [Hint: use Part (d) and Theorem 1.1.3 (d),
and compare with the proof of (b).] - Prove Theorem 1.1.4 (g). [Hint: use Part (e) and prove that x-^1 y-^1 is
a multiplicative inverse of xy.] - Prove Theorem 1.1.4 (i). [Hint: apply (h).]
- Prove Theorem 1.1.4 (j).
- Prove Theorem 1.1.4 (k).
- Prove Theorem 1.1.7 (a).
- Prove Theorem 1.1. 7 ( c).
- Prove Theorem 1.1. 7 ( d).
13. Prove Theorem 1.1.8 (a).
14. Prove Theorem 1.1.8 (b).
- Prove Theorem 1.1.8 (c).
1 6. Prove Theorem 1.1.8 (f).
17. Prove Theorem 1.1.8 (g).
- Prove Theorem 1.1.8 (h).
19. Prove Theorem 1.1.8 (i).
- Prove Theorem 1.1.8 (j). [Note that this requires a two-part proof: first,
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that --is a solution and then, that it is the only so lution.]
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