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    UM 101 : ANALYSIS & LINEAR ALGEBRA – I

    “AUTUMN” 2020
    HOMEWORK 2

    Instructor: GAUTAM BHARALI Assigned: NOVEMBER 26, 2020

    1. Let us consider a set A = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 } on which we define two operations + and × as


    follows:
    a + b := c, a × b := d, (1)
    where c and d are obtained as follows:

    c = the remainder obtained when dividing (a + b) by 8,


    d = the remainder obtained when dividing ab by 8.

    (The operations between the unbarred variables a and b above are the usual addition and multipli-
    cation between natural numbers.) Is (A, +, ×) a field? Justifiy your answer.

    The next three problems are devoted to showing that many statements that we take for granted
    about R require proofs based on R being an ordered field. While R has just been introduced, these
    problems will rely on the first thing to be presented on November 27: i.e., that Apostol’s
    treatment of R is one where its existence and well-definedness are taking to axiomatic. Hence, the
    Axioms 1–9 in Apostol, Sections I-3.2 and I-3.4 for R are the properties (1)–(9) — presented in
    class — of ordered fields.
    2. (a part of Apostol, I-3.5, Prob. 1) Using only the field axioms and the order axioms for R, prove
    the following:
    Theorem. Let a, b, c ∈ R. If a < b and c < 0, then ac > bc.

    3. (Apostol, I-3.5, Prob. 2) Using only the field axioms and the order axioms for R, show that
    there is no real number x such that x2 + 1 = 0.

    4. Let a, b ∈ R and assume that a > b. Show that there exists a real rumber c such that b < c < a.
    Note. You may freely use without proof any of Theorems I.17–I.25 in Apostol, Section I-3.4,
    without proof.

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