Art of Solving Problems
11th October, 2023
Real Analysis (continued)
1. Consider the real polynomial p(x) = a0 + a1 x + · · · + an .xn . Pick out the
cases which ensure that the polynomial has a root in the interval [0, 1].
(a) a0 < 0 and a0 + a1 + · · · + an > 0.
(b) a0 + a1 /2 + · · · + an /n + 1 = 0
(c) a0 /1.2 + a1 /2.3 + · · · + an /(n + 1).(n + 2) = 0
(d) a0 < 0 and a0 .a1 . · · · .an > 0.
2. Consider the set of continuous functions f : [0, 1] 7→ R that satisfy:
R1
0
f (x)(1 − f (x))dx = 1/4. Then the cardinality of this set is
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) more than 2 but finite.
(d) infinite.
3. Let f : R 7→ R be a continuous function satisfying f (x) = f (x + 1) for all
x ∈ R.
(a) f is not necessarily bounded.
(b) There exists some x0 ∈ R such that f (x0 + π) = f (x0 ).
(c) There exists some x0 ∈ R such that f (x0 + π/2) = f (x0 ).
(d) There exist infinitely many x0 ∈ R such that f (x0 + π) = f (x0 ).
4. Which of the following is true?
(a) There does not exist two distinct countable dense sets in R .
(b) There does not exist two disjoint countable dense sets in R .
(c) There are at most finitely many disjoint countable dense sets in R .
(d) There are infinitely many disjoint countable dense sets in R .
5. Let f : R 7→ R be a bounded function. Which of the following is not true?
(a) Lt supf (n) ∈ N.
(b) Lt inf f (n) ∈ N.
(c) Lt inf (f (n) − n) ∈ N.
(d) Lt sup (f (n) − n) does not belong N.
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6. Consider the set A = {(x, y) ∈ R2 | (x − 1)(x − 2)(y − 2)(y + 4) = 0}. Then
A is
(a) Connected.
(b) Compact.
(c) Closed in R2 .
(d) Dense in R2 .
P∞ n
7. Consider thae series n=1 (−1) .Sin(nx)/nlogn
(a) converges uniformly ∀x ∈ R.
(b) converges uniformly only x = 0.
(c) converges uniformly at most countably many x ∈ R.
(d) does not converge uniformly for any x ∈ R.
8. Which of thae following are true?
(a) There are at most countably many continuous maps from R2 to R.
(b) There are at most finitely many continuous surjective maps from R2
to R.
(c) There are infinitely many continuous injective maps from R2 to R.
(d) There does not exist any bijective map from R2 to R.
9. Which of the following sets are in bijection with R?
(a) Set of all maps from {0, 1} to N.
(b) Set of all maps from N to {0, 1} .
(c) Set of all subsets of N.
(d) Set of all subsets of R.