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Exercise 1 √ √ √
Prove that the number 3 is not a rational number and deduce that 3 − 5 is also an irational
number.
Exercise 2 Prove by induction that:
1 1 1
(d) (a1 + a2 + · · · + an )( + + ··· + ) ≥ n2 for all n ∈ N∗ and a1 , · · · , an ∈ R∗+ .
a1 a2 an
Exercise 3
Solve in R : √ p
1)| x − 3| = | x + 1|; 2)| 2x − 11| ≤ | x − 5|; 3) x2 + (x − 1)2 = 1; 4) |x + 2| − |x − 2| < |x|.
Exercise 4 Let the equation
√ √
q q
x + 3 − 4 x − 1 + x + 8 − 6 x − 1 = 1. (1)
|u − 2| + |u − 3| = 1. (3)
3. Make a conclusion.
Exercise 5 Prove that for all x, y, u, v ∈ R, we have
1) |x| − |y| ≤ |x − y|,
2) |x − u| − |y − v| ≤ |x − y| + |u − v|,
p
3) |ux − vy| ≤ (x2 + y 2 )(u2 + v 2 ),
|x+y| |x| |y|
4) 1+|x+y| ≤ 1+|x| + 1+|y| .
∗
Exercise 6 Let n ∈ N .
1. Prove that
√ √ 1 √ √
2 n + 1 − 2 n < √ < 2 n − 2 n − 1.
n
E(nx)
(b) E( ) = E(x).
n
Exercise 8 Prove that each of the following sets is bounded, then give the infimum, the supremum, the
maximum and the minimum if they exist:
1 1 1 1
A1 = { , x ∈ [1, 5]}; A2 = {1 + , n ∈ N∗ }; A3 = { + , n, p ∈ N∗ };
x n n p
√ √
A4 = {xy, s.t. x, y ∈ R∗+ ; x2 + y 2 ≤ 2}; A5 = { x + 1 − x; x ∈ Q+ }.
Exercise 9 Let A and B two parts of R∗+ . Suppose that A is bounded above, we define
x
E = {z = , x ∈ A, y ∈ B}.
1+y
1. Justify the fact that Sup A and Inf B exist.
Sup A
2. Prove that ∀z ∈ E, z ≤ 1+Inf B .
SupA
3. Deduce that Sup E = 1+Inf B .