用上确界定义正实数的1/n次幂,进而定义正实数的有理数次幂,这样的处理之前没有见过,确实很严格,下一章还会拓展到实数的实数次幂。
Exercise 5.6.1. Prove Lemma 5.6.6.
Solution:
( a ) if , then we know that
Also since , we must have exactly one of
to be true. Further we can compare
with 1, we have either
or
.
Now assume , then if
, we can have
If , we can get
If , we know that
, thus
In either case, we can set small enough to let
or
Thus to get , which means
, but
, a contradiction to the definition of
.
Now assume , then if
, we can have
Drop all positive items we can have
We expand each to be
if
, and
if
, then choose
small enough, we can have
Then
Thus is an upper bound of the set
, again a contradiction to the definition of
.
( b ) if , then
, we need to prove
is the supreme of this set.
Suppose , we assert
, assume not, then
, thus by Proposition 5.6.3:
which means , a contradiction. Thus
is an upper bound of the set.
Now if is any upper bound of the set, then
, in particular
.
( c ) as , we know that
So to prove the conclusion we need to show , assume so, then by (a), we have
This is a contradiction since is a positive real number.
( d ) that is clear from Proposition 5.6.3 and (a). Now suppose
, assume
, again from Proposition 5.6.3 and (a) we can get
, a contradiction.
( e ) use (d) we can get that
Now if , let
, then by (a),
, since
, we have
Where the last arrow comes from (d) and (b), this means the function is decreasing.
Now if , by the same argument, we have
, and
Thus the function is increasing.
If , then for any
, use the equality
we must have
, otherwise we’ll get a contradiction with (d).
( f ) let , then by (a)
, and by (c),
are positive. Thus
( g ) let , then by (a),
, by (c),
are positive. Thus by (a) again,
Exercise 5.6.2. Prove Lemma 5.6.9.
Solution: Uniformly we set , where
and
.
( a ) by Lemma 5.6.6(a) we have a positive real. Thus
a positive real no matter what value
is.
( b ) by definition: , and use Lemma 5.6.8 we have:
Thus
Also by definition: , and
, let
, then
, also
, so
. Thus
. We can know from Lemma 5.6.6 (a) that
( c )
( d ) , thus by Lemma 5.6.6(c),(d) we have
( e ) If , then
, so
If , then
, and the conclusion can be similarly proved.
Exercise 5.6.3. If is a real number, show that
.
Solution: If , then
and
.
If . Let
, then
and we have
, which means
.
If . Let
, then
, as both
, from cancellation law we get
.