1.I.3F

Analysis | Part IA, 2005

Define the supremum or least upper bound of a non-empty set of real numbers.

Let AA denote a non-empty set of real numbers which has a supremum but no maximum. Show that for every ϵ>0\epsilon>0 there are infinitely many elements of AA contained in the open interval

(supAϵ,supA).(\sup A-\epsilon, \sup A) .

Give an example of a non-empty set of real numbers which has a supremum and maximum and for which the above conclusion does not hold.

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