Theorem 1.2.1: There exists an ordered field ℝ with the least-upper-bound
property containing the rationals ℚ; such a structure is unique up to an
order-preserving field isomorphism.
Any two ordered fields with the least-upper-bound property that contain the rationals are isomorphic as ordered fields.
Proposition 1.2.2: If a real number x satisfies x ≤ ε for every ε > 0,
then x ≤ 0.
Theorem 1.2.4:
(i) (Archimedean property) If x, y ∈ ℝ with x > 0, then there exists
n ∈ ℕ such that n * x > y.
(ii) (ℚ is dense in ℝ) If x, y ∈ ℝ with x < y, then there exists
r ∈ ℚ such that x < r < y.
Proposition 1.2.6: Let A ⊆ ℝ be nonempty.
(i) If A is bounded above, then sup (x + A) = x + sup A.
(ii) If A is bounded below, then inf (x + A) = x + inf A.
(iii) If x > 0 and A is bounded above, then sup (x * A) = x * sup A.
(iv) If x > 0 and A is bounded below, then inf (x * A) = x * inf A.
(v) If x < 0 and A is bounded below, then sup (x * A) = x * inf A.
(vi) If x < 0 and A is bounded above, then inf (x * A) = x * sup A.
Definition 1.2.9: For a subset A ⊆ ℝ, extend sup and inf to the extended
reals so that (i) sup ∅ = -∞, (ii) if A is unbounded above then sup A = ∞,
(iii) inf ∅ = ∞, and (iv) if A is unbounded below then inf A = -∞. These
agree with sSup and sInf on EReal when we view A as a set of extended real
numbers.
Equations
- extendedSup A = sSup ((fun (x : ℝ) => ↑x) '' A)
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(ii) If a set of reals is not bounded above, its extended supremum is ∞.
(iv) If a set of reals is not bounded below, its extended infimum is -∞.