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Chapter 2: Problem 13
If \(a, b \in \mathbb{R}\), show that \(a^{2}+b^{2}=0\) if and only if \(a=0\) and \(b=0\).
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If \(a \neq 0\) and \(b \neq 0\), show that \(1 /(a b)=(1 / a)(1 / b)\).
Let \(K:=\\{s+t \sqrt{2}: s, t \in \mathbb{Q}\\} .\) Show that \(K\) satisfies the following: (a) If \(x_{1}, x_{2} \in K\), then \(x_{1}+x_{2} \in K\) and \(x_{1} x_{2} \in K\). (b) If \(x \neq 0\) and \(x \in K\), then \(1 / x \in K\). (Thus the set \(K\) is a subfield of \(\mathbb{R}\). With the order inherited from \(\mathbb{R}\), the set \(K\) is an ordered field that lies between \(\mathbb{Q}\) and \(\mathbb{R}\) ).
Let \(S \subseteq \mathbb{R}\) be nonempty. Show that \(u \in \mathbb{R}\) is an upper bound of \(S\) if and only if the conditions \(t \in \mathbb{R}\) and \(t>u\) imply that \(t \notin S\).
Let \(S_{2}=\\{x \in \mathbb{R}: x>0\\} .\) Does \(S_{2}\) have lower bounds? Does \(S_{2}\) have upper bounds? Does inf \(S_{2}\) exist? Does sup \(S_{2}\) exist? Prove your statements.
(a) Show that if \(a>0\), then \(1 / a>0\) and \(1 /(1 / a)=a\).
(b) Show that if \(a
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