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## swissgirl Group Title Show that any non-empty finite set S ⊂ ℝ contains both its supremum and infimum. (Hint: use induction) one year ago one year ago

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@abb0t

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To be honest I really didnt study the chapter fully yet I was just looking for a tutor so hopefully I wont be lost lol

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$S \subseteq R$ such that |S| = n Proceed by induction on n. If n = 1, then S = {a} for some $a \in R$. Then, sup S = a. Assume that all subsets of R of order k contain their respective suprema. Let S be a subset of R in order of k+1. Label the elements of S as: $\left\{ a_1, a_2...a_{k+1} \right\}$ Let $T = \left\{ a_1, a_2...a_k \right\}$ By the inductive assumption: $\sup T= a_{i_o}$ for some $1 \le i_o \le k$ and $\sup(S-T) = a_{k+1}$ Thus clamining case 1: $a_{i_o} \le a_{k+1}$ since $a_{i_o} = \sup T$ and $a_{i_o} \le a_{k+1}$, you know that for all $1 \le i_o \le k, a_i \le a_{i_o} \le a_{k+1}$ thus $\sup S = a_{k+1}$ Case 2: $a_{i_o} \ge a_{k+1}$ since $a_{i_o} = \sup T$ and $a_{i_o} \ge a_{k+1}$ you know that for all $1 \le i \le k+1, a_i \le a_{i_o}$ thus $\sup S = a_{i_o}$ Thus, S contains its supremum

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Give me time to read it. Thanks :)

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Wow this is great :)

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I didnt follow case 2 though

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Ummm Also werent we supposed to prove that it contains its supremum and infimum

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Like I followed what u did but i am just confused why we needed to show case 2

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Well supremem is the upper bound, and infimum is the lower bound. I just used the definitions.

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No like how did u show S contains the infimum

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Case 2.

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I showed4 supremum.

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Ohhhhhh ok I thought i was going senile

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:) nah don't say that.

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lol Thankssssssss. THIS WAS AWESOME. U R REALLY CLEARRRRRRRR