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What method is used for defining real numbers through partitioning the set of rational numbers?
What method is used for defining real numbers through partitioning the set of rational numbers?
- Cardinality
- Dedekind cuts (correct)
- Cauchy sequences
- Peano axioms
Which of the following correctly describes how integers are constructed?
Which of the following correctly describes how integers are constructed?
- By defining them as Cauchy sequences
- Using ordered pairs of rational numbers
- Through the Peano axioms focusing on the concept of successor (correct)
- Using equivalence classes of real numbers
What is a characteristic property of Cauchy sequences?
What is a characteristic property of Cauchy sequences?
- They diverge to infinity
- Terms get arbitrarily close to each other as the sequence progresses (correct)
- All terms are rational numbers
- Their terms approach a limit without necessarily converging
What is the implication of the continuum hypothesis?
What is the implication of the continuum hypothesis?
Which rational number is represented by the ordered pair (3, 4)?
Which rational number is represented by the ordered pair (3, 4)?
How is the integer -3 constructed using Peano axioms?
How is the integer -3 constructed using Peano axioms?
Which of the following characterizes rational numbers?
Which of the following characterizes rational numbers?
What does the construction of the real number √2 demonstrate?
What does the construction of the real number √2 demonstrate?
Flashcards
Dedekind Cut
Dedekind Cut
A partition of the set of rational numbers into two non-empty subsets, where every element in the left set is less than every element in the right set.
Cauchy Sequence
Cauchy Sequence
A sequence of numbers where the terms get arbitrarily close to each other as the sequence progresses. This means the difference between consecutive terms becomes smaller and smaller.
Real Numbers
Real Numbers
The set of all rational and irrational numbers. These can be represented on a number line.
Integers
Integers
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Rational Numbers
Rational Numbers
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Cardinality
Cardinality
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Continuum Hypothesis
Continuum Hypothesis
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What is the successor of 3 in the set of integers?
What is the successor of 3 in the set of integers?
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Study Notes
Real Numbers
- Real numbers can be constructed using Dedekind cuts.
- A left set (L) contains all rational numbers less than a target value, and a right set (R) contains all rational numbers greater than the target value.
- The union of all rational numbers in the left set is a real number.
Integers
- Integers are constructed using the Peano axioms.
- Zero is a natural number.
- Every natural number has a successor, and each successor is a natural number.
- Negative integers are the additive inverses of positive integers.
Cauchy Sequences and Limits
- A Cauchy sequence is a sequence of numbers such that the distance between consecutive terms approaches zero as the terms get larger.
- The limit of a Cauchy sequence is the real number the sequence converges to.
- Constructing the limit of a Cauchy sequence by examining a sequence of real numbers, where each term is in the sequence and the terms are getting increasingly closer to an actual limit.
Rational Numbers
- Rational numbers are ordered pairs of integers, where the second integer in the pair is not zero.
- For example, the ordered pair (3, 4) represents the rational number 3/4.
- This construction implies an equivalence class concept.
Continuum Hypothesis (CH)
- CH states that there is no set whose cardinality is strictly between that of the natural numbers and real numbers.
- This is a debated concept of a set that does not break a set theory.
- CH has implications related to cardinality of sets.
- Examples show the implications on set theory, topology and the mathematical logic and foundations.
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