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For Math 104 at UC Berkeley - Intro to Mathematical Analysis The answers to the first homework are attached.

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Math 104 Berkeley Homework 1

For Math 104 at UC Berkeley - Intro to Mathematical Analysis The answers to the first homework are attached.

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ASSIGNMENT-1

(DUE 1/30)

There are five problems in this assignment.


(1) Show that there is no rational number whose square is 12.

(2) (a) Suppose z = a + ib and w = c + id. We define z < w if a < c


and also if a = c then b < d. This is the so-called dictionary
ordering. Prove that this turns the complex numbers into an
ordered set. Does this ordered set have the least upper bound
property?
(b) Is the complex field with the above order, an ordered field?
Which axiom is not satisfied?
(c) Prove that no order can be defined in the complex field that
turns it into an ordered field. Hint. 1 is a square.

(3) (Triangle inequality)


(a) For z, w complex numbers, show that
|z + w| |z| + |w|.
When is equality satisfied? Hint. Relate it to the high-school
fact that sum of two sides of a triangle is always greater than
the third side.
(b) If z1 , z2 , , zn are complex numbers, show that
|z1 + z2 + + zn | |z1 | + + |zn |.
When is equality satisfied? Hint. Use induction.
(c) If z, w are complex numbers, show that
|z w| ||z| |w||.
When is equality satisfied?

(4) (Cauchy-Schwarz inequality) Let z1 , , zn and w1 , , wn be com-


plex numbers. Show that
Xn Xn 1/2  X n 1/2
2
zj wj |zj | |wj |2 .


j=1 j=1 j=1

When is equality satisfied? Hint. Square both sides and expand,


remembering that |a|2 = aa. Do the n = 2 case first for simplicity.

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(5) A complex number z is said to be algebraic if there are integers
a0 , a1 , , an , not all zero, such that
an z n + az z + a0 = 0.
(a) Show that the set of all algebraic numbers is countable.
(b) Hence show that there are uncountably many complex numbers
that are not algebraic.
Remark. Such numbers are called transcendental. Examples
include and e.

(6) Let E be a subset of a metric space, and let E o denote the interior
of a set E and E the closure.
(a) Show that E o is open and that for any open set G E, we
have G E o . In this sense the interior is the largest open set
contained in E.
(b) Show that E is closed, and that for any closed set G with E G,
we have that E G. In this sense, the closure is the smallest
closed set containing E.
(c) Do E o and E have the same interiors?
(d) Do E o and E have the same closure?

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