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Lemma 5.1.5 Given \( {z}_{0} \) in \( \mathbb{D} \) and \( {z}_{1} \) on \( {\mathbb{S}}_{\infty }^{1} \) there exists a transformation in \( \mathcal{H} \) that sends \( {z}_{0} \) to 0 and \( {z}_{1} \) to 1 .
Therefore, one may view any transformation in \( \mathcal{H} \) as the composition of two inversions about clines orthogonal to \( {\mathbb{S}}_{\infty }^{1} \) . Moreover, these maps may be categorized according to whether the two clines of inversion intersect zero times, once, or twice. In Figure 5.1.6 we illustrate ...
No
Any transformation \( T \) in the group \( \mathcal{H} \) has the form \( T\left( z\right) = {e}^{i\theta }\frac{z - {z}_{0}}{1 - {\bar{z}}_{0}z} \) where \( \theta \) is some angle, and \( {z}_{0} \) is the point inside \( \mathbb{D} \) that gets sent to 0.
Assume \( {z}_{0} \) is in \( \mathbb{D},{z}_{1} \) is on the unit circle \( {\mathbb{S}}_{\infty }^{1} \), and that the map \( T \) in \( \mathcal{H} \) sends \( {z}_{0} \mapsto 0,{z}_{0}^{ * } \mapsto \infty \) and \( {z}_{1} \mapsto 1 \) . Using the cross ratio, \( T\left( z\right) = \left( {z,{z}_{1};{z}_{0},{z}_{0...
Yes
Theorem 5.2.3 There exists a unique hyperbolic line through any two distinct points in the hyperbolic plane.
Proof. Let \( p \) and \( q \) be arbitrary points in \( \mathbb{D} \) . Construct the point \( {p}^{ * } \) symmetric to \( p \) with respect to the unit circle, \( {\mathbb{S}}_{\infty }^{1} \) . Then there exists a cline through \( p, q \) and \( {p}^{ * } \), and this cline will be orthogonal to \( {\mathbb{S}}_{\i...
Yes
Theorem 5.2.4 Any two hyperbolic lines are congruent in hyperbolic geometry.
Proof. We first show that any given hyperbolic line \( L \) is congruent to the hyperbolic line on the real axis. Suppose \( p \) is a point on \( L \), and \( v \) is one of its ideal points. By Lemma 5.1.5 there is a transformation \( T \) in \( \mathcal{H} \) that maps \( p \) to 0, \( v \) to 1, and \( {p}^{ * } \)...
Yes
Theorem 5.2.6 Given a point \( {z}_{0} \) and a hyperbolic line \( L \) not through \( {z}_{0} \), there exist two distinct hyperbolic lines through \( {z}_{0} \) that are parallel to \( L \) .
Proof. Consider the case where \( {z}_{0} \) is at the origin. The line \( L \) has two ideal points, call them \( u \) and \( v \), as in Figure 5.2.7. Moreover, since \( L \) does not go through the origin, Euclidean segment \( {uv} \) is not a diameter of the unit circle. Construct one Euclidean line through 0 and \...
No
Theorem 5.2.11 Given any points \( p \) and \( q \) in \( \mathbb{D} \), there exists a hyperbolic circle centered at \( p \) through \( q \) .
Proof. Given \( p, q \in \mathbb{D} \), construct \( {p}^{ * } \), the point symmetric to \( p \) with respect to \( {\mathbb{S}}_{\infty }^{1} \) . Then by Exercise 3.5.15 there exists a type II cline of \( p \) and \( {p}^{ * } \) that goes through \( q \) . This type II cline lives within \( \mathbb{D} \) because \(...
No
Example 5.3.4 The distance between two points.
For instance, suppose \( p = \frac{1}{2}i, q = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2}i, z = {.95}{e}^{{i5\pi }/6} \) and \( w = - {.95} \) . Then \( {d}_{H}\left( {p, q}\right) \approx {1.49} \) units, while \( {d}_{H}\left( {z, w}\right) \approx {4.64} \) units.
No
Corollary 5.3.8 All points on a hyperbolic circle centered at \( p \) are equidistant from \( p \) .
Proof. Suppose \( u \) and \( v \) are on the same hyperbolic circle centered at \( p \) . That is, these points are on the same type II cline with respect to \( p \) and \( {p}^{ * } \), so there exists a hyperbolic rotation that fixes \( p \) and maps \( u \) to \( v \) . Thus, \( {d}_{H}\left( {p, u}\right) = {d}_{H...
Yes
Theorem 5.3.9 Hyperbolic lines are geodesics; that is, the shortest path between two points in \( \left( {\mathbb{D},\mathcal{H}}\right) \) is along the hyperbolic segment between them.
Proof Sketch: We first argue that the geodesic from 0 to a point \( c \) on the positive real axis is the real axis itself.\n\nSuppose \( \mathbf{r}\left( t\right) = x\left( t\right) + {iy}\left( t\right) \) for \( a \leq t \leq b \), is an arbitrary smooth curve from 0 to \( c \) (so \( \mathbf{r}\left( a\right) = 0 \...
Yes
Corollary 5.3.10 The hyperbolic distance function is a metric on the hyperbolic plane. In particular, for any points \( p, q, u \) in \( \mathbb{D} \)\n\n1. \( {d}_{H}\left( {p, q}\right) \geq 0 \), and \( {d}_{H}\left( {p, q}\right) = 0 \) if and only if \( p = q \) ;\n\n2. \( {d}_{H}\left( {p, q}\right) = {d}_{H}\lef...
Proof. Recall our formula for the hyperbolic distance between two points in\n\nTheorem 5.3.3:\n\[ \n{d}_{H}\left( {p, q}\right) = \ln \left\lbrack \frac{\left| {1 - \bar{p}q}\right| + \left| {q - p}\right| }{\left| {1 - \bar{p}q}\right| - \left| {q - p}\right| }\right\rbrack .\n\]\n\nThis expression is always non-negat...
Yes
Two paths from \( p = {.5i} \) to \( q = {.5} + {.5i} \) are shown below: the (solid) hyperbolic segment from \( p \) to \( q \), and the (dashed) path \( \mathbf{r} \) that looks like a Euclidean segment. Which path is shorter?
We may compute the length of the hyperbolic segment connecting \( p \) and \( q \) with the distance formula from Theorem 5.3.3. This distance is approximately 1.49 units.\n\nBy contrast, consider the path in \( \mathbb{D} \) corresponding to the Euclidean line segment from \( p \) to \( q \) . This path may be describ...
Yes
The area of a circle in \( \left( {\mathbb{D},\mathcal{H}}\right) \) .
Suppose our region is given by a circle whose hyperbolic radius is \( a \) . Since area is an invariant, we may as well assume the circle is centered at the origin. Let \( x \) be the point at which the circle intersects the positive real axis (so \( 0 < x < 1 \) ), as pictured below. Then, by the distance formula\n\n\...
Yes
Theorem 5.4.8 Any ideal triangle has area equal to \( \pi \) .
Proof. Since all ideal triangles are congruent, assume our triangle \( \Delta \) is the ideal triangle shown in Figure 5.4.7.\n\nBut then \( \Delta \) can be partitioned into two \( \frac{2}{3} \) -ideal triangles by drawing the vertical hyperbolic line from 0 along the imaginary axis to ideal point \( i \) . Each \( \...
Yes
Theorem 5.4.9 The area of a hyperbolic triangle in \( \left( {\mathbb{D},\mathcal{H}}\right) \) having interior angles \( \alpha ,\beta \), and \( \gamma \) is\n\n\[ A = \pi - \left( {\alpha + \beta + \gamma }\right) \]
Proof. Consider Figure 5.4.10 containing triangle \( {\Delta pqr} \) . We have extended segment \( {qp} \) to the ideal point \( t, u \) is an ideal point of line \( {rq} \), and \( v \) is an ideal point of line \( {pr} \) . The area of the ideal triangle \( {\Delta tuv} \) is \( \pi \) . Notice that regions \( {R}_{1...
Yes
Corollary 5.4.13 Hyperbolic hypotenuse theorem. In a right hyperbolic triangle with hyperbolic side lengths \( a \) and \( b \), and hypotenuse \( c \) ,
\[ \cosh \left( c\right) = \cosh \left( a\right) \cosh \left( b\right) . \]
Yes
Suppose a two-dimensional ship is plopped down in \( \mathbb{D} \). What would the pilot see? How would the ship move? How would the pilot describe the world? Are all points equivalent in this world? Could the pilot figure out whether the universe adheres to hyperbolic geometry as opposed to, say, Euclidean geometry?
Recall what we know about hyperbolic geometry. First of all, any two points in the hyperbolic plane are congruent, so the geometry is homogeneous. The pilot could not distinguish between any two points, geometrically.\n\nSecond, the shortest path between two points is the hyperbolic line between them, so light would tr...
No
Inscribe a circle in an ideal triangle.
We show that if one inscribes a circle in any ideal triangle, its points of tangency form an equilateral triangle with side lengths equal to \( 2\ln \left( \varphi \right) \) where \( \varphi \) is the golden ratio \( \left( {1 + \sqrt{5}}\right) /2 \) .\n\nSince all ideal triangles are congruent, we choose one that is...
Yes
Example 5.5.4 The distance between \( {ri} \) and \( {si} \) .
For \( r > s > 0 \) we compute the distance between \( {ri} \) and \( {si} \) in the upper half-plane model.\n\nThe hyperbolic line through \( {ri} \) and \( {si} \) is the positive imaginary axis, having ideal points 0 and \( \infty \) . Thus,\n\n\[ {d}_{U}\left( {{ri},{si}}\right) = \ln \left( \left( {{ri},{si};0,\in...
Yes
The area of a \( \frac{2}{3} \) -ideal triangle.
Suppose \( w \in \mathbb{U} \) is on the unit circle, and consider the \( \frac{2}{3} \) -ideal triangle \( {1w}\infty \) as pictured.\n\nIn particular, suppose the interior angle at \( w \) is \( \alpha \), so that \( w = {e}^{i\left( {\pi - \alpha }\right) } \) where \( 0 < \alpha < \pi \).\n\nThe area of this \( \fr...
Yes
Lemma 6.1.2 Given two diametrically opposed points on the unit sphere, their image points under stereographic projection are antipodal points in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) .
Proof. First note that the north pole \( N = \left( {0,0,1}\right) \) and the south pole \( S = \left( {0,0, - 1}\right) \) are diametrically opposed points and they get sent by \( \phi \) to \( \infty \) and 0, respectively, in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) ; so the lemma holds in this case.\n\nNow suppose \( P = \left( {a...
Yes
Lemma 6.1.4 If a cline in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) contains two antipodal points then it is a great circle.
Proof. Suppose \( C \) is a cline in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) containing antipodal points \( p \) and \( {p}_{a} \), and suppose \( q \) is any other point on \( C \) . We show \( {q}_{a} \) is also on \( C \) .\n\nIf \( C \) is a line, it must go through the origin since \( p \) and \( {p}_{a} \) are on the same line ...
No
Theorem 6.1.6 Reflection of \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) about a great circle corresponds via stereographic projection to inversion about a great circle in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) .
We work through the relationship in one case, and refer the interested reader to \( \left\lbrack {10}\right\rbrack \) for the general proof.
No
We argue that reflection of \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) about the equator corresponds to inversion about the unit circle.
First of all, stereographic projection sends the equator of \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) to the unit circle in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) . Now, reflection of \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) across the equator sends the point \( P = \left( {a, b, c}\right) \) to the point \( {P}^{ * } = \left( {a, b, - c}\right) \) . We must argue that...
Yes
Theorem 6.1.8 The image of a circle on \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) via stereographic projection is a cline in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) . Moreover, the pre-image of a circle in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) is a circle on \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) . The pre-image of a line in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) is a circle on \( {\mathbb{S}}^{...
In fact, one can offer a constructive proof of this theorem. A circle on \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) can be represented as the intersection of \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) with a plane \( {Ax} + {By} + {Cz} + D = 0 \) in 3-dimensional space. One can show that the circle in \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) defined by \( {Ax} + {By} + {Cz} +...
Yes
Example 6.1.9 The image of a circle under \( \phi \) .\n\nConsider the circle on \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) defined by the vertical plane \( x = - \frac{1}{2} \) . In standard form, this plane has constants \( A = 2, B = C = 0 \), and \( D = 1 \), so the image under \( \phi \) is the circle\n\n\[ \left( {{u}^{2} + {v}^{2}}...
Completing the square we obtain the circle\n\n\[ {\left( u + 2\right) }^{2} + {v}^{2} = 3 \]\n\nhaving center \( \left( {-2,0}\right) \) and radius \( \sqrt{3} \).
Yes
Constructing an antipodal point. Suppose \( z \) is a point inside the unit circle. Prove that the following construction, which is depicted in Figure 6.1.11, gives \( {z}_{a} \), the point antipodal to \( z \) : (1) Draw the line through \( z \) and the origin; (2) draw the line through the origin perpendicular to lin...
![d4f13802-8387-4386-9d5a-46c8d5b97eca_135_0.jpg](images/d4f13802-8387-4386-9d5a-46c8d5b97eca_135_0.jpg)\n\nFigure 6.1.11 Constructing the antipodal point to \( z \) .
No
Theorem 6.2.4 If a Möbius transformation preserves antipodal points, then it is an elliptic Möbius transformation.
Proof. Suppose \( T \) is a Möbius transformation that preserves antipodal points. If \( T \) is not the identity map then it must fix one or two points. However, if \( T \) preserves antipodal points and fixes a point \( p \), then it must fix its antipodal point \( {p}_{a} \) . Thus, \( T \) must have two fixed point...
Yes
Theorem 6.2.11 There is a unique elliptic line connecting two points \( p \) and \( q \) in \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) .
Proof. Suppose \( p \) and \( q \) are distinct points in \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) . This means \( q \neq {p}_{a} \) as points in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } \) . Construct the antipodal point \( {p}_{a} \), which gives us three distinct points in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{ + } : p, q \) and \( {p}_{a} \) . There exists a unique cline ...
Yes
Theorem 6.2.12 The set of elliptic lines is a minimally invariant set of elliptic geometry.
Proof. By definition, any transformation \( T \) in \( \mathcal{S} \) preserves antipodal points. Thus, if \( L \) is an elliptic line, then \( T\left( L\right) \) is as well, and the set of elliptic lines is an invariant set of elliptic geometry.\n\nTo show the set is minimally invariant, we appeal to Theorem 4.1.10, ...
Yes
Theorem 6.2.13 Any two elliptic lines intersect in \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) .
Proof. Given any two elliptic lines, apply a transformation \( T \) in \( \mathcal{S} \) that sends one of them to the real axis. It is enough to prove that any elliptic line in \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) must intersect the real axis. Suppose \( M \) is an arbitrary elliptic line in \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) and \( z \) is a ...
Yes
Theorem 6.3.4 The distance between two points \( p \) and \( q \) in \( \left( {{\mathbb{P}}^{2},\mathcal{S}}\right) \) is\n\n\[ \n{d}_{S}\left( {p, q}\right) = \min \left\{ {2\arctan \left( \left| \frac{q - p}{1 + \bar{p}q}\right| \right) ,2\arctan \left( \left| \frac{1 + \bar{p}q}{q - p}\right| \right) }\right\} .\n\...
Proof. We first determine the elliptic distance between the origin and a point \( x \) (with \( 0 < x \leq 1 \) ) on the positive real axis.\n\nThe elliptic line through 0 and \( x \) lives on the real axis, and we may parameterize the \
No
Lemma 6.3.9 The area of a lune. In \( \left( {{\mathbb{P}}^{2},\mathcal{S}}\right) \), the area of a lune with angle \( \alpha \) is \( {2\alpha } \) .
Proof. To compute the area of a lune, first move the vertex of the lune to the origin in such a way that one leg of the lune lies on the real axis, as in Figure 6.3.10. Then half of the lunar region can be described in polar coordinates by \( 0 \leq r \leq 1 \) and \( 0 \leq \theta \leq \alpha \ ).\n\n![d4f13802-8387-4...
Yes
Example 6.3.11 Triangle area in \( \left( {{\mathbb{P}}^{2},\mathcal{S}}\right) \) .
Triangle \( {\Delta pqr} \) below is formed from 3 elliptic lines. Notice that each corner of the triangle determines a lune, and that the three lunes cover the entire projective plane, with some overlap. In particular, the three lunes in sum cover the triangle three times, so the sum of the three lune areas equals the...
Yes
Theorem 6.3.12 In elliptic geometry \( \left( {{\mathbb{P}}^{2},\mathcal{S}}\right) \), the area of a triangle with angles \( \alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \) is\n\n\[ A = \left( {\alpha + \beta + \gamma }\right) - \pi . \]
From this theorem it follows that the angles of any triangle in elliptic geometry sum to more than \( {180}^{ \circ } \) .
No
Corollary 6.3.16 Elliptic hypotenuse theorem. In a right triangle in \( \\left( {{\\mathbb{P}}^{2},\\mathcal{S}}\\right) \) with elliptic side lengths \( a \) and \( b \), and hypotenuse \( c \) ,
\[ \\cos \\left( c\\right) = \\cos \\left( a\\right) \\cos \\left( b\\right) \]
Yes
Lemma 7.2.1 Assume \( k > 0 \) . A lune in \( \left( {{\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{2},{\mathcal{S}}_{k}}\right) \) with interior angle \( \alpha \) has area \( {2\alpha }/k \) .
Proof. Without loss of generality, we may consider the vertex of our lune to be the origin. As before, elliptic lines through the origin must also pass through \( \infty \), so our two lines forming the lune are Euclidean lines. After a convenient rotation, we may further assume one of these lines is the real axis, so ...
Yes
Lemma 7.2.2 In elliptic geometry with curvature \( k \), the area of a triangle with angles \( \alpha ,\beta \), and \( \gamma \) is\n\n\[ A = \frac{1}{k}\left( {\alpha + \beta + \gamma - \pi }\right) \]
Proof. As in the case \( k = 1 \), the area of any triangle may be determined from the area of three lunes and the total area of \( {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{2} \), as depicted in Example 6.3.11.
No
Theorem 7.3.3 Lobatchevsky's formula. In hyperbolic geometry with curvature \( k \), the hyperbolic distance \( d \) of a point \( z \) to a hyperbolic line \( L \) is related to the angle of parallelism \( \theta \) by the formula\n\n\[ \tan \left( {\theta /2}\right) = {e}^{-\sqrt{\left| k\right| }d}. \]
Proof. For this proof, let \( s = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\left| k\right| }} \) . Note that \( s \) is the Euclidean radius of the circle at infinity in the disk model for hyperbolic geometry with curvature \( k \) . Since angles and lines and distances are preserved, assume \( z \) is the origin and \( L \) is orthogonal to th...
Yes
Theorem 7.4.2 For all real numbers \( k,\left( {{X}_{k},{G}_{k}}\right) \) is homogeneous and isotropic.
Proof. Given any point \( p \) in \( {X}_{k} \), the transformation \( T\left( z\right) = \frac{z - p}{1 + k\bar{p}z} \) in \( {G}_{k} \) maps \( p \) to the origin. So all points in \( {X}_{k} \) are congruent to 0 . By the group structure of \( {G}_{k} \) it follows that any two points in \( {X}_{k} \) are congruent,...
Yes
Theorem 7.4.3 Suppose \( k \) is any real number, and we have a triangle in \( \left( {{X}_{k},{G}_{k}}\right) \) whose angles are \( \alpha ,\beta \), and \( \gamma \) and whose area is \( A \) . Then\n\n\[ \n{kA} = \left( {\alpha + \beta + \gamma - \pi }\right) .\n\]
Proof of this tidy result has already appeared in pieces (see Exercise 1.2.2, Lemma 7.2.2, and Lemma 7.3.1); we emphasize that this triangle area formula reveals the locally Euclidean nature of all the geometries \( \left( {{X}_{k},{G}_{k}}\right) \) : a small triangle (one with area close to 0 ) will have an angle sum...
No
Theorem 7.4.4 Suppose a convex \( n \) -sided polygon \( \left( {n \geq 3}\right) \) in \( \left( {{X}_{k},{G}_{k}}\right) \) has interior angles \( {\alpha }_{i} \) for \( i = 1,2,\ldots, n \) . The area \( A \) of the \( n \) -gon is related to its interior angles by\n\n\[ \n{kA} = \left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i =...
Proof. A convex \( n \) -gon can be divided into \( n - 2 \) triangles as in Figure 7.4.5. Observe that the area of the \( n \) -gon equals the sum of the areas of these triangles.\n\n![d4f13802-8387-4386-9d5a-46c8d5b97eca_170_0.jpg](images/d4f13802-8387-4386-9d5a-46c8d5b97eca_170_0.jpg)\n\nFigure 7.4.5 Splitting an \(...
Yes
Lemma 7.4.6 Suppose \( k \in \mathbb{R}, s = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\left| k\right| }} \) and \( 0 < x < s \) is a real number (if \( k = 0 \) , we just assume \( 0 < x \) ). In \( \left( {{X}_{k},{G}_{k}}\right) \), the circle centered at 0 through \( x \) has area\n\n\[ \frac{{4\pi }{x}^{2}}{1 + k{x}^{2}} \]
Proof. Consider the circle centered at the origin that goes through the point \( x \) on the positive real axis, where \( 0 < x < s \) . The circular region matches the polar rectangle \( 0 < \theta < {2\pi } \) and \( 0 < r < x \), so the area is given by\n\n\[ {\int }_{0}^{2\pi }{\int }_{0}^{x}\frac{4r}{{\left( 1 + k...
No
Theorem 7.4.7 Unified Pythagorean Theorem. Suppose \( k \in \mathbb{R} \), and we have a geodesic right triangle in \( \left( {{X}_{k},{G}_{k}}\right) \) whose legs have length a and \( b \) and whose hypotenuse has length \( c \) . Then\n\n\[ A\left( c\right) = A\left( a\right) + A\left( b\right) - \frac{k}{2\pi }A\le...
Proof. Suppose \( k \in \mathbb{R} \) . If \( k = 0 \) the equation reduces to \( {c}^{2} = {a}^{2} + {b}^{2} \), which is true by the Pythagorean Theorem 1.2.1! Otherwise, assume \( k \neq 0 \) and let \( s = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\left| k\right| }} \), as usual. Without loss of generality we may assume our right triangle is...
Yes
Let \( S \) consist of parallel planes in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \). In particular, let \( S = \{ \left( {x, y, z}\right) \in \left. {{\mathbb{R}}^{3} \mid z = 0\text{or}z = 1}\right\} \) as in part (a) of the following diagram. Each point in \( S \) has a neighborhood of points that is an open 2-ball.
Each point in \( S \) has a neighborhood of points that is an open 2-ball.
No
Let \( {\mathbb{T}}^{2} \) denote the torus surface in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) and \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) denote the sphere, as usual. Figure 7.5.8 depicts two connected sums: \( {\mathbb{T}}^{2}\# {\mathbb{T}}^{2} \), and \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2}\# {\mathbb{T}}^{2} \). The surface \( {\mathbb{T}}^{2}\# {\mathbb{T}}^{2} \) i...
To see this, observe that if one removes an open-2 ball from a sphere and attaches one end of a cylinder to the sphere along the boundary of the removed disk, the result is homeomorphic to a closed disk, as suggested in the following diagram. So, if one removes an open 2-ball from a surface \( X \) and then caps the ho...
Yes
Theorem 7.5.12 Any surface is homeomorphic to the sphere \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \), a handlebody surface \( {H}_{g} \) with \( g \geq 1 \), or a crosscap surface \( {C}_{g} \) with \( g \geq 1 \) . Moreover, no two surfaces in this list are homeomoprhic to each other.
Two proofs of this theorem are floating around the literature now. The classic proof, which makes use of cell divisions, can be found, for instance, in [9]. The new proof, due to John Conway, bypasses the artificial constructs in the classic proof, and can be found in [12].
No
Why is the Klein bottle non-orientable?
A bug leaving the screen on the right near the top would reappear on the left near the bottom. But take a closer look, the bug has become mirror-reversed. This orientation-reversing path exists because of a Möbius strip lurking in the Klein bottle. (Conisder, for instance, the thin horizontal strip formed by the dashed...
Yes
Example 7.5.21 Attempted cell divisions of \( {H}_{1} \) .
Three cell divisions of the torus are pictured below, along with one failed cell division. In each valid cell division, we count the number of faces, edges, and vertices of the cell division. To make an accurate count, one must take the edge identification into account.\n\n![d4f13802-8387-4386-9d5a-46c8d5b97eca_184_2.j...
Yes
Theorem 7.5.23 The handlebody surface \( {H}_{g} \) has Euler characteristic \( \chi \left( {H}_{g}\right) = 2 - \) \( {2g} \), for all \( g \geq 0 \) . The cross-cap surface \( {C}_{g} \) has Euler characteristic \( \chi \left( {C}_{g}\right) = 2 - g \) , for all \( g \geq 1 \) .
Proof. We have already seen that the Euler characteristic of the sphere is 2, so the result holds for \( {H}_{0} \) . For \( g \geq 1 \) consider the standard polygonal representation of \( {H}_{g} \) as a \( {4g} \) -gon with boundary label \( \left( {{a}_{1}{b}_{1}{a}_{1}^{-1}{b}_{1}^{-1}}\right) \cdots \left( {{a}_{...
Yes
Theorem 7.6.4 Each surface admits one homogeneous, isotropic, and metric geometry. In particular, the sphere \( \left( {H}_{0}\right) \) and projective plane \( \left( {C}_{1}\right) \) admit elliptic geometry. The torus \( \left( {H}_{1}\right) \) and Klein bottle \( \left( {C}_{2}\right) \) admit Euclidean geometry. ...
The sphere and projective plane admit elliptic geometry by construction: The space in elliptic geometry \( {is} \) the projective plane, and via stereographic projection, this is the geometry on \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \). The torus and Klein bottle are built from regular 4-gons (squares) whose edges are identified in such...
Yes
If we make three slices in the two-holed torus we obtain two pairs of pants, as indicated in the following figure.
We label our cuts so that we can stitch up our surface later. Match the \( {c}_{i},{d}_{i} \), and \( {e}_{i} \) edges to recover the two-holed torus. Any pair of pants can be cut into two hexagons by cutting along the three vertical seams in the pants. It follows that the two-holed torus can be constructed from four h...
Yes
Theorem 7.6.7 Gauss-Bonnet. The area of a surface with constant curvature \( k \) and Euler characteristic \( \chi \) is given by the formula \( {kA} = {2\pi \chi } \) .
Proof. The sphere with constant curvature \( k \) has radius equal to \( 1/\sqrt{k} \), and area equal to \( {4\pi }/k \) . Since the sphere has Euler characteristic 2, the Gauss-Bonnet formula holds in this case. The projective plane \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) with curvature \( k \) has area equal to \( {2\pi }/k \), and ...
Yes
Lemma 7.7.4 Suppose \( \sim \) is an equivalence relation on \( A \), and \( a \) and \( b \) are any two elements of \( A \) . Then either \( \left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \) and \( \left\lbrack b\right\rbrack \) have no elements in common, or they are equal sets.
Proof. Suppose there is some element \( c \) that is in both \( \left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \) and \( \left\lbrack b\right\rbrack \) . We show \( \left\lbrack a\right\rbrack = \left\lbrack b\right\rbrack \) by arguing that each set is a subset of the other.\n\nThat \( \left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \) is a subset of \( \l...
Yes
Example 7.7.8 \( {H}_{1} \) as quotient of \( \mathbb{C} \) .\n\nSuppose \( a \) and \( b \) are positive real numbers. Let \( \left\langle {{T}_{a},{T}_{bi}}\right\rangle \) be the group of homeomorphisms generated by the horizontal translation \( {T}_{a}\left( z\right) = z + a \) and the vertical translation \( {T}_{...
If the space \( M \) has a metric and our group of homeomorphisms is sufficiently nice, then the resulting orbit space inherits a metric from the universal covering space \( M \) . To be sufficiently nice, we first need our homeomorphisms to be isometries. The group of isometries must also be fixed-point free and prope...
Yes
Example 7.7.10 \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) as quotient of \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \).
Let \( {T}_{a} : {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \rightarrow {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) be the antipodal map \( {T}_{a}\left( P\right) = - P \). This map is an isometry that sends each point on \( {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) to the point diametrically opposed to it, so it is fixed-point free. Since \( {T}_{a}^{-1} = {T}_{a} \), the group generated ...
Yes
Example 7.7.11 \( {\mathrm{H}}_{2} \) as quotient of \( {\mathbb{D}}^{2} \) .
We may build a regular octagon in the hyperbolic plane whose interior angles equal \( \pi /4 \) radians. We may also find a hyperbolic transformation that takes an edge of this octagon to another edge. Labelling the edges as in the following diagram, let \( {T}_{a} \) be the hyperbolic isometry taking one \( a \) edge ...
Yes
Show that the Dirichlet domain at any point of the torus in Example 7.7.8 is an \( a \) by \( b \) rectangle by completing the following parts.
a. Construct an \( a \) by \( b \) rectangle to be the fundamental domain, and place eight copies of this rectangle around the fundamental domain as in Figure 7.7.9. Then plot a point \( x \) in the fundamental domain, and plot its image in each of the copies.\nb. For each image \( {x}^{\prime } \) of \( x \), construc...
No
Proposition 1.3.1. For any \( a, b \in \mathbb{Q},\left| {a + b}\right| \leq \left| a\right| + \left| b\right| \) .
Proof. If \( a + b \geq 0 \), then\n\n\[ \left| a\right| + \left| b\right| - \left| {a + b}\right| = \left| a\right| + \left| b\right| - a - b = \left( {\left| a\right| - a}\right) + \left( {\left| b\right| - b}\right) .\](1.3.15)\n\nBoth of the terms on the right are nonnegative by Exercise 1.3.8. Hence the sum is non...
No
Consider the set\n\n\[ A = \left\{ {a : a \in {\mathbb{Q}}^{ + },{a}^{2} < 2}\right\} . \]\n\nNow suppose \( s \in {\mathbb{Q}}^{ + } \) is the supremum of \( A \) . We must have either \( {s}^{2} < 2 \) , \( {s}^{2} > 2 \), or \( {s}^{2} = 2 \) .
Suppose \( {s}^{2} < 2 \) and let \( \epsilon = 2 - {s}^{2} \) . By the archimedean property of \( \mathbb{Q} \), we may choose \( n \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) such that\n\n\[ \frac{{2s} + 1}{n} < \epsilon \]\n\nfrom which it follows that\n\n\[ \frac{2s}{n} + \frac{1}{{n}^{2}} = \frac{{2s} + \frac{1}{n}}{n} \leq \frac{{...
Yes
Proposition 1.3.2. There does not exist a rational number \( s \) with the property that \( {s}^{2} = 2 \) .
Proof. Suppose there exists \( s \in \mathbb{Q} \) such that \( {s}^{2} = 2 \) . Choose \( a, b \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) so that \( a \) and \( b \) are relatively prime (that is, they have no factor other than 1 in common) and \( s = \frac{a}{b} \) . Then\n\n\[ \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} = 2 \]\n\nso \( {a}^{2} = 2{b}^{...
Yes
We have\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{i} = 0 \]
since, for any rational number \( \epsilon > 0 \) ,\n\n\[ \left| {\frac{1}{i} - 0}\right| = \frac{1}{i} < \epsilon \] \n\nfor any \( i > N \), where \( N \) is any integer larger than \( \frac{1}{\epsilon } \) .
Yes
Proposition 1.3.3. If \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) converges, then \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) is a Cauchy sequence.
Proof. Suppose \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{a}_{i} = L \) . Given \( \epsilon \in {\mathbb{Q}}^{ + } \), choose an integer \( N \) such that\n\n\[ \left| {{a}_{i} - L}\right| < \frac{\epsilon }{2} \]\n\n\( \left( {1.3.23}\right) \)\n\nfor all \( i > N \) . Then for any \( i, k > N \), we have\n\n\...
Yes
Proposition 1.4.1. For any \( a, b \in \mathbb{R},\left| {a + b}\right| \leq \left| a\right| + \left| b\right| \) .
Proof. If \( a + b \geq 0 \), then\n\n\[ \left| a\right| + \left| b\right| - \left| {a + b}\right| = \left| a\right| + \left| b\right| - a - b = \left( {\left| a\right| - a}\right) + \left( {\left| b\right| - b}\right) .\](1.4.25)\n\nBoth of the terms on the right are nonnegative by Exercise 1.4.10. Hence the sum is no...
No
Proposition 1.4.2. Given \( a \in {\mathbb{R}}^{ + } \), there exist \( r, s \in \mathbb{Q} \) such that \( 0 < r < a < s \) .
Proof. Let \( \{ u{\} }_{i \in I} \) be a Cauchy sequence in the equivalence class of \( a \) . Since \( a > 0 \), there exists a rational \( \epsilon > 0 \) and an integer \( N \) such that \( {u}_{i} > \epsilon \) for all \( i > N \) . Let \( r = \frac{\epsilon }{2} \) . Then \( {u}_{i} - r > \frac{\epsilon }{2} \) f...
Yes
Proposition 1.4.3. \( \mathbb{R} \) is an archimedean ordered field.
Proof. Given real numbers \( a \) and \( b \) with \( 0 < a < b \), let \( r \) and \( s \) be rational numbers for which \( 0 < r < a < b < s \) . Since \( \mathbb{Q} \) is a an archimedean field, there exists an integer \( n \) such that \( {nr} > s \) . Hence\n\n\[ \n{na} > {nr} > s > b\text{.}\n\]\n\n\( \left( {1.4...
Yes
Proposition 1.4.4. Given \( a, b \in \mathbb{R} \) with \( a < b \), there exists \( r \in \mathbb{Q} \) such that \( a < r < b \) .
Proof. Let \( \{ u{\} }_{i \in I} \) be a Cauchy sequence in the equivalence class of \( a \) and let \( \{ v{\} }_{j \in J} \) be in the equivalence class of \( b \) . Since \( b - a > 0 \), there exists a rational \( \epsilon > 0 \) and an integer \( N \) such that \( {v}_{i} - {u}_{i} > \epsilon \) for all \( i > N ...
Yes
Theorem 1.4.5. Suppose \( A \subset \mathbb{R}, A \neq \varnothing \), has an upper bound. Then \( \sup A \) exists.
Proof. Let \( a \in A \) and let \( b \) be an upper bound for \( A \) . Define sequences \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i = 1}^{\infty } \) and \( {\left\{ {b}_{i}\right\} }_{i = 1}^{\infty } \) as follows: Let \( {a}_{1} = a \) and \( {b}_{1} = b \) . For \( i > 1 \), let\n\n\[ c = \frac{{a}_{i - 1} + {b}_{i - 1}}{2}...
Yes
Theorem 2.1.1. If \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) is a nondecreasing, bounded sequence of real numbers, then \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) converges.
Proof. Since \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) is bounded, the set of \( A = \left\{ {{a}_{i} : i \in I}\right\} \) has a supremum. Let \( L = \sup A \) . For any \( \epsilon > 0 \), there must exist \( N \in I \) such that \( {a}_{N} > L - \epsilon \) (or else \( L - \epsilon \) would be an upper bound for \(...
Yes
Proposition 2.1.2. Suppose \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I},{\left\{ {b}_{j}\right\} }_{j \in J} \), and \( {\left\{ {c}_{k}\right\} }_{k \in K} \) are sequences of real numbers for which there exists an integer \( N \) such that \( {a}_{i} \leq {c}_{i} \leq {b}_{i} \) whenever \( i > N \) . If\n\n\[ \mathop{\li...
Proof. Let \( L = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{a}_{i} = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{b}_{i} \) . Suppose \( L \) is finite. Given \( \epsilon > 0 \), there exists an integer \( M \) such that\n\n\[ \left| {{a}_{i} - L}\right| < \frac{\epsilon }{3} \]\n\n(2.1.18)\n\nand\n\n\[ \left|...
No
Proposition 2.1.3. Suppose \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) is a sequence for which\n\n\[ \mathop{\limsup }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{a}_{i} = \mathop{\liminf }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{a}_{i} \]\n\n\( \left( {2.1.24}\right) \)\n\nThen\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{a}_{i...
Proof. Let \( {u}_{i} = \sup \left\{ {{a}_{k} : k \geq i}\right\} \) and \( {l}_{i} = \inf \left\{ {{a}_{k} : k \geq i}\right\} \) . Then \( {l}_{i} \leq {a}_{i} \leq {u}_{i} \) for all \( i \in I \) . Now\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{l}_{i} = \mathop{\liminf }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{...
Yes
Theorem 2.1.4. Suppose \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) is a Cauchy sequence in \( \mathbb{R} \) . Then \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) converges to a limit \( L \in \mathbb{R} \) .
Proof. Let \( {u}_{i} = \sup \left\{ {{a}_{k} : k \geq i}\right\} \) and \( {l}_{i} = \inf \left\{ {{a}_{k} : k \geq i}\right\} \) . Given any \( \epsilon > 0 \) , there exists \( N \in \mathbb{Z} \) such that \( \left| {{a}_{i} - {a}_{j}}\right| < \epsilon \) for all \( i, j > N \) . Thus, for all \( i, j > N \) , \( ...
Yes
Proposition 2.1.5. Suppose \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) is a convergent sequence in \( \mathbb{R},\alpha \) is a real number, and \( L = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{x}_{i} \) . Then the sequence \( {\left\{ \alpha {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) converges and\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits...
Proof. If \( \alpha = 0 \), then \( {\left\{ \alpha {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) clearly converges to 0 . So assume \( \alpha \neq 0 \) . Given \( \epsilon > 0 \), choose an integer \( N \) such that\n\n\[ \left| {{x}_{i} - L}\right| < \frac{\epsilon }{\left| \alpha \right| } \]\n\nwhenever \( i > N \) . Then for any...
Yes
Proposition 2.1.8. Suppose \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) and \( {\left\{ {y}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) are convergent sequences in \( \mathbb{R} \) with \( L = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{x}_{i}, M = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{y}_{i} \), and \( {y}_{i} \neq 0 \) fo...
Proof. Since \( M \neq 0 \) and \( M = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{y}_{i} \), we may choose an integer \( N \) such that\n\n\[ \left| {y}_{i}\right| > \frac{\left| M\right| }{2} \]\n\n(2.1.39)\n\nwhenever \( i > N \) . Let \( B \) be an upper bound for \( \left\{ {\left| {x}_{i}\right| : i \in I}\ri...
Yes
Example 2.1.1. We may combine the properties of this section to compute\n\n\\[ \n\\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}\\frac{5{n}^{3} + {3n} - 6}{2{n}^{3} + 2{n}^{2} - 7} = \\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}\\frac{5 + \\frac{3}{{n}^{2}} - \\frac{6}{{n}^{3}}}{2 + \\frac{2}{n} - \\frac{7}...
\n\\[ \n= \\frac{\\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}5 + 3\\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}\\frac{1}{{n}^{2}} - 6\\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}\\frac{1}{{n}^{3}}}{\\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \\infty }}2 + 2\\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{n \\rightarrow \...
Yes
Proposition 2.1.9. Suppose \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) is a convergent sequence of nonnegative real numbers with \( L = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{x}_{i} \) . Then the sequence \( {\left\{ \sqrt{{x}_{i}}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) converges and\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{i \rightarrow...
Proof. Let \( \epsilon > 0 \) be given. Suppose \( L > 0 \) and note that\n\n\[ \left| {{x}_{i} - L}\right| = \left| {\sqrt{{x}_{i}} - \sqrt{L}}\right| \left| {\sqrt{{x}_{i}} + \sqrt{L}}\right| \]\n\nimplies that\n\n\[ \left| {\sqrt{{x}_{i}} - \sqrt{L}}\right| = \frac{\left| {x}_{i} - L\right| }{\left| \sqrt{{x}_{i}} +...
Yes
Proposition 2.1.10. If \( x \in \mathbb{R} \) and \( \left| x\right| < 1 \), then\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}{x}^{n} = 0 \]
Proof. We first assume \( x \geq 0 \) . Then the sequence \( {\left\{ {x}^{n}\right\} }_{n = 1}^{\infty } \) is nonincreasing and bounded below by 0 . Hence the sequence converges. Let \( L = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}{x}^{n} \) . Then\n\n\[ L = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}{x}^{n...
No
Proposition 2.1.11. Suppose \( \Lambda \) is the set of all subsequential limits of the sequence \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i = m}^{\infty } \) . Then \( \Lambda \neq \varnothing \) .
Proof. By the previous exercise, the proposition is true if \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i = m}^{\infty } \) is not bounded. So suppose \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i = m}^{\infty } \) is bounded and choose real numbers \( a \) and \( b \) such that \( a \leq {x}_{i} \leq b \) for all \( i \geq m \) . Construct seq...
Yes
Proposition 2.1.12. Let \( \Lambda \) be the set of subsequential limits of a sequence \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i = m}^{\infty } \) . Then\n\n\[ \mathop{\limsup }\limits_{{i \rightarrow \infty }}{x}_{i} = \sup \Lambda \]
Proof. Let \( s = \sup \Lambda \) and, for \( i \geq m,{u}_{i} = \sup \left\{ {{x}_{j} : j \geq i}\right\} \) . Now since \( {x}_{j} \leq {u}_{i} \) for all \( j \geq i \), it follows that \( \lambda \leq {u}_{i} \) for every \( \lambda \in \Lambda \) and \( i \geq m \) . Hence, from the previous exercise, \( s \leq \i...
Yes
Proposition 2.2.1. Suppose \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = m}}^{\infty }{a}_{i} \) converges. Then \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}{a}_{n} = 0 \) .
Proof. Let \( {s}_{n} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = m}}^{n}{a}_{i} \) and \( s = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}{s}_{n} \) . Since \( {a}_{n} = {s}_{n} - {s}_{n - 1} \), we have\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}{a}_{n} = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\left( {{s}_{n} ...
Yes
Proposition 2.2.2. For any real number \( x \) with \( \left| x\right| < 1 \) , \n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }{x}^{n} = \frac{1}{1 - x} \]
Proof. If \( {s}_{n} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{n}{x}^{i} \), then, by the previous exercise, \n\n\[ {s}_{n} = \frac{1 - {x}^{n + 1}}{1 - x} \] \n\nHence \n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }{x}^{n} = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}{s}_{n} = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \inft...
Yes
Proposition 2.2.3. Suppose \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = m}}^{\infty }{a}_{i} \) and \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = k}}^{\infty }{b}_{i} \) are infinite series for which there exists an integer \( N \) such that \( 0 \leq {a}_{i} \leq {b}_{i} \) whenever \( i \geq N \) . If \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = k}}^{\infty }...
Proof. By Exercise 2.2.3 We need only show that \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = N}}^{\infty }{a}_{i} \) converges. Let \( {s}_{n} \) be the \( n \) th partial sum of \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = N}}^{\infty }{a}_{i} \) and let \( {t}_{n} \) be the \( n \) th partial sum of \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = N}}^{\infty }{...
No
Proposition 2.2.4. Suppose \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = m}}^{\infty }{a}_{i} \) and \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = k}}^{\infty }{b}_{i} \) are infinite series for which there exists an integer \( N \) such that \( 0 \leq {a}_{i} \leq {b}_{i} \) whenever \( i \geq N \) . If \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = k}}^{\infty }...
Proof. By Exercise 2.2.3 we need only show that \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = N}}^{\infty }{b}_{i} \) diverges. Let \( {s}_{n} \) be the \( n \) th partial sum of \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = N}}^{\infty }{a}_{i} \) and let \( {t}_{n} \) be the \( n \) th partial sum of \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = N}}^{\infty }{b...
No
Consider the infinite series\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }\frac{1}{n!} = 1 + 1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3!} + \frac{1}{4!} + \cdots . \]
Now for \( n = 1,2,3,\ldots \), we have\n\n\[ 0 < \frac{1}{n!} \leq \frac{1}{{2}^{n - 1}} \]\n\nSince\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{\infty }\frac{1}{{2}^{n - 1}} \]\n\nconverges, it follows that\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }\frac{1}{n!} \]\n\nconverges. Moreover,\n\n\[ 2 < \mathop{\sum }\limi...
Yes
Proposition 2.2.5. \( e \notin \mathbb{Q} \) .
Proof. Suppose \( e = \frac{p}{q} \) where \( p, q \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) . Let\n\n\[ a = q!\left( {e - \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{q}\frac{1}{n!}}\right) .\n\]\n\n\( \left( {2.2.12}\right) \)\n\nThen \( a \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) since \( q!e = \left( {q - 1}\right) !p \) and \( n! \) divides \( q! \) when \(...
Yes
Proposition 2.2.6. Suppose \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = m}}^{\infty }{a}_{i} \) and \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = k}}^{\infty }{b}_{i} \) are infinite series for which there exists an integer \( N \) and a real number \( M > 0 \) such that \( 0 \leq {a}_{i} \leq M{b}_{i} \) whenever \( i \geq N \) . If \( \mathop{\s...
Proof. Since \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = k}}^{\infty }M{b}_{i} \) converges whenever \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = k}}^{\infty }{b}_{i} \) does, the result follows from the comparison test. Q.E.D.
Yes
Proposition 2.2.7. Suppose \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = m}}^{\infty }{a}_{i} \) and \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = k}}^{\infty }{b}_{i} \) are infinite series for which there exists an integer \( N \) and a real number \( M > 0 \) such that \( 0 \leq {a}_{i} \leq M{b}_{i} \) whenever \( i \geq N \) . If \( \mathop{\s...
Proof. By the comparison test, \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = m}}^{\infty }M{b}_{i} \) diverges. Hence, by the previous exercise, \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = m}}^{\infty }{b}_{i} \) also diverges. Q.E.D.
No
Lemma 3.1.1. With the notation as above,\n\n\[ \n{s}_{n} \leq x < {s}_{n} + \frac{1}{{2}^{n}} \n\]\n\nfor \( n = 1,2,3,\ldots \)
Proof. Since\n\n\[ \n{s}_{1} = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 0, & \text{ if }0 \leq x < \frac{1}{2} \\ \frac{1}{2}, & \text{ if }\frac{1}{2} \leq x < 1 \end{array}\right.\n\]\n\nit is clear that \( {s}_{1} \leq x < {s}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \) . So suppose \( n > 1 \) and \( {s}_{n - 1} \leq x < {s}_{n - 1} + \frac{1}{{2}^{n -...
Yes
Proposition 3.1.2. With the notation as above, \[ x = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{\infty }\frac{{a}_{n}}{{2}^{n}} \]
Proof. Given \( \epsilon > 0 \), choose an integer \( N \) such that \( \frac{1}{{2}^{N}} < \epsilon \) . Then, for any \( n > N \), it follows from the lemma that \[ \left| {{s}_{n} - x}\right| < \frac{1}{{2}^{n}} < \frac{1}{{2}^{N}} < \epsilon \] \( \left( {3.1.12}\right) \) Hence \[ x = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \ri...
Yes
Lemma 3.1.3. With the notation as above, given any integer \( N \) there exists an integer \( n > N \) such that \( {a}_{n} = 0 \) .
Proof. If \( {a}_{n} = 1 \) for \( n = 1,2,3,\ldots \), then\n\n\[ \n\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{\infty }\frac{1}{{2}^{n}} = 1 \n\]\n\n(3.1.14)\n\ncontradicting the assumption that \( 0 \leq x < 1 \) . Now suppose there exists an integer \( N \) such that \( {a}_{N} = 0 \) but \( {a}_{n} = 1 \) for every \( n > N ...
Yes
Proposition 3.2.1. Suppose \( A \) and \( B \) are countable sets. Then the set \( C = \) \( A \cup B \) is countable.
Proof. Suppose \( A \) and \( B \) are disjoint, that is, \( A \cap B = \varnothing \) . Let \( \varphi : {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \rightarrow A \) and \( \psi : {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \rightarrow B \) be one-to-one correspondences. Define \( \tau : {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \rightarrow C \) by\n\n\[ \tau \left( n\right) = \left\{ \beg...
Yes
Proposition 3.2.2. Suppose \( A \) and \( B \) are countable. Then \( C = A \times B \) is countable.
Proof. Let \( \varphi : {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \rightarrow A \) and \( \psi : {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \rightarrow B \) be one-to-one correspondences. Let \( {a}_{i} = \varphi \left( i\right) \) and \( {b}_{i} = \psi \left( i\right) \) . Define \( \tau : {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \rightarrow C \) by letting\n\n\[ \tau \left( 1\right) =...
Yes
Proposition 3.2.3. \( \mathbb{Q} \) is countable.
Proof. By the previous proposition, \( \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z} \) is countable. Let\n\n\[ A = \{ \left( {p, q}\right) : p, q \in \mathbb{Z}, q > 0, p\text{ and }q\text{ relatively prime }\} . \]\n\nThen \( A \) is infinite and \( A \subset \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z} \), so \( A \) is countable. But clearly \( \l...
Yes
Proposition 3.2.4. Suppose for each \( i \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + },{A}_{i} \) is countable. Then\n\n\[ B = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{\infty }{A}_{i} \]\n\nis countable.
Proof. Suppose the sets \( {A}_{i}, i \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \), are pairwise disjoint, that is, \( {A}_{i} \cap {A}_{j} = \varnothing \) for all \( i, j \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) . For each \( i \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \), let \( {\varphi }_{i} : {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \rightarrow {A}_{i} \) be a one-to-one correspondence....
Yes
If \( A = \{ 1,2,3\} \), then
\[ \mathcal{P}\left( A\right) = \{ \varnothing ,\{ 1\} ,\{ 2\} ,\{ 3\} ,\{ 1,2\} ,\{ 1,3\} ,\{ 2,3\} ,\{ 1,2,3\} \} . \]
Yes
Proposition 3.3.1. If \( A \) is finite with \( \left| A\right| = n \), then \( \left| {\mathcal{P}\left( A\right) }\right| = {2}^{n} \) .
Proof. Let\n\n\[ B = \left\{ {\left( {{b}_{1},{b}_{2},\ldots ,{b}_{n}}\right) : {b}_{i} = 0\text{ or }{b}_{i} = 1, i = 1,2,\ldots, n}\right\} \]\n\n(3.3.1)\n\nand let \( {a}_{1},{a}_{2},\ldots ,{a}_{n} \) be the elements of \( A \) . Define \( \varphi : B \rightarrow \mathcal{P}\left( A\right) \) by letting\n\n\[ \varp...
No
Theorem 3.3.2. If \( A \) is a nonempty set, then \( \left| A\right| < \left| {\mathcal{P}\left( A\right) }\right| \) .
Proof. Define \( \varphi : A \rightarrow \mathcal{P}\left( A\right) \) by \( \varphi \left( a\right) = \{ a\} \) . Then \( \varphi \) is one-to-one. Now suppose \( \psi : A \rightarrow \mathcal{P}\left( A\right) \) is any one-to-one function. Let\n\n\[ C = \{ a : a \in A, a \notin \psi \left( a\right) \} . \]\n\nSuppos...
Yes
Lemma 3.3.3. Let \( A \) be the set of all sequences \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i = 1}^{\infty } \) with \( {a}_{i} = 0 \) or \( {a}_{i} = 1 \) for each \( i = 1,2,3,\ldots \) Then \( \left| A\right| = \left| {\mathcal{P}\left( {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + }\right) }\right| \) .
Proof. Define \( \varphi : A \rightarrow \mathcal{P}\left( {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + }\right) \) by\n\n\[ \varphi \left( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i = 1}^{\infty }\right) = \left\{ {i : i \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + },{a}_{i} = 1}\right\} .\n\]\n\nThen \( \varphi \) is a one-to-one correspondence.\n\nQ.E.D.
Yes
Proposition 4.1.1. If \( a, b \in \mathbb{R} \) with \( a < b \), then\n\n\[ \left( {a, b}\right) = \{ x : x = {\lambda a} + \left( {1 - \lambda }\right) b,0 < \lambda < 1\} . \]
Proof. Suppose \( x = {\lambda a} + \left( {1 - \lambda }\right) b \) for some \( 0 < \lambda < 1 \) . Then\n\n\[ b - x = {\lambda b} - {\lambda a} = \lambda \left( {b - a}\right) > 0, \]\n\n(4.1.8)\n\nso \( x < b \) . Similarly,\n\n\[ x - a = \left( {\lambda - 1}\right) a + \left( {1 - \lambda }\right) b = \left( {1 -...
Yes
Proposition 4.2.1. Every open interval \( I \) is an open set.
Proof. Suppose \( I = \left( {a, b}\right) \), where \( a < b \) are extended real numbers. Given \( x \in I \), let \( \epsilon \) be the smaller of \( x - a \) and \( b - x \) . Suppose \( y \in \left( {x - \epsilon, x + \epsilon }\right) \) . If \( b = + \infty \), then \( b > y \) ; otherwise, we have\n\n\[ b - y >...
Yes
Proposition 4.2.2. Suppose \( A \) is a set and, for each \( \alpha \in A,{U}_{\alpha } \) is an open set. Then\n\n\[ \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{\alpha \in A}}{U}_{\alpha } \]\n\nis an open set.
Proof. Let \( x \in \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{\alpha \in A}}{U}_{\alpha } \) . Then \( x \in {U}_{\alpha } \) for some \( \alpha \in A \) . Since \( {U}_{\alpha } \) is open, there exists an \( \epsilon > 0 \) such that \( \left( {x - \epsilon, x + \epsilon }\right) \subset {U}_{\alpha } \) . Thus\n\n\[ \left( {x - \e...
Yes