MATH 3220 § 1 THIRD HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT  Due Monday,
A. Treibergs    September 10, 2007.


You are responsible for knowing how to solve the following exercises. Please hand in the starred "*" problems.
  • Exercises from the text "Foundations of Analysis" by Joseph L. Taylor.
    • 7.2 [ 12*, 13*, 16 ]
    • 7.3 [ 1, 2 ]
  • Additional exercises.
    A*   Let a, b and c be real numbers such that a2 + b2 = 1. Let

         £ = { (x,y) ∈ R2: ax + by = c}

    be the points on a line in the plane. Show that £ is a closed set.

     
    B*   Let S=∪n=1{xn} be the set in R2 consisting of points from the sequence xn=( 1/n, 1/n ). Determine whether S is open, closed or neither. Prove your answer.