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Math 330 - 03 Homework (Fall 2018)

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The following lists should be considered partial and tentative lists until the word complete appears next to it.
Use 8.5in x 11in paper with smooth borders. Write your name on top of each page. Staple all pages.

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Problem Set 14 (complete) Due: 12/10/2018, optional (put inside bag on my office door)

Prove that if $A$ and $B$ are finite sets, then $A\union B$ is a finite set.
Prove that if $A$ and $B$ are countable sets, then $A\union B$ is a countable set. (Hint: use Prop. 13.9)
Prove The. 13.28 (Hint: consider the function $f(x)=\tan(x)$ from calculus)

Problem Set 13 (complete) Due: 12/03/2018. Board presentation: 12/??/2018

Prove the converse of Prop 11.2
Prove that for all $x,y,z,w\in\R$ with $z\neq 0\neq w$ , $\frac{x}{z}+\frac{y}{w}=\frac{xw+yz}{zw}\qquad\textrm{and}\qquad\frac{x}{z}\frac{y}{w}=\frac{xy}{zw}$
Consider the set $A=\{x\in\Q\mid x^2<2\}$ Show that $A$ is non-empty and has an upper bound in $\Q$ , but does not have a least upper bound in $\Q$ . Hint: by way of contradiction, assume $A$ has a least upper bound $u$ in $\Q$ , and compare it with $\sqrt{2}$ .
Consider the sequence defined recursively by $a_n=a_{n-1}+3a_{n-2} \\ a_1=1 \\ a_2=2.$ Use the converse of Proposition 11.25 to find a closed formula for $a_n$ .

Problem Set 12 (complete) Due: 11/19/2018. Board presentation: 11/??/2018

Prove Prop. 10.17
Prove Prop. 10.23.iii

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