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Transcribed Image Text:Show that the subset of R2 given by {(x, y) E R² : xy= 1, x > 0} is closed.
Lower bound. Infimum.
Carefully read the definitions and remarks. Then attempt Question 2 at the end of the sub-section.
Definition 0.1. Lower bound: Given a subset SC R. A real number a E R is a lower bound for the
set S CR if as s for each s E S.
Definition 0.2. Infimum: Given a subset S C R. The real number y E R is the lower bound of the set
SCRif
(1) y < s for each s e S (i.e. y is a lower bound for S), and
1
(2) if a is any lower bound for S, then y 2 a.
Remark 1. We write y = inf S S if the real number y is infimum or the greatest lower bound of
a subset S c R. The Latin word infimum is used to denote the same quantity, abbreviated to inf:
y = inf S. The subset s CR is called bounded from below if it has a lower bound.
Remark 2. It follows from the Well-Ordering Principle that every set of real numbers that is nonempty
and bounded from below has an infimum: As a matter of fact, a subset S CR is bounded from below
iff the set S' := {x : -x € S} is bounded from above, and if S is nonempty and bounded from
below, then - inf S' is the infimum of S.
Remark 3. If the subset S C R has a smallest element, then inf S is simply the smallest element of
S, often denoted min S. (For instance, if S is nonempty and finite.)
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