Sheet 5
Sheet 5
Topics Covered:
● Sets
● Functions
● Sequences and summations
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Questions
1. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {0, 3, 6}.
Find
a) A ∪ B.
b) A ∩ B.
c) A − B.
d) B − A.
2. Let A = {a, b, c, d, e} and B = {a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h}.
Find
a) A ∪ B.
b) A ∩ B.
c) A − B.
d) B – A
3. Find the sets A and B if A − B = {1, 5, 7, 8}, B − A = {2, 10}, and A ∩ B = {3, 6, 9}.
4. Let A = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10}, B = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, and C = {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}.
Find
a) A ∩ B ∩ C.
b) A ∪ B ∪ C.
c) (A ∪ B) ∩ C.
d) (A ∩ B) ∪ C.
5. Why is f not a function from R to R if
a) f (x) = 1/x
b) f (x) = √𝑥
c) f (x) = ±√(𝑥 2 + 1)
6. Determine whether f is a function from Z to R if
a) f(n) = ±n.
b) f(n) = √(𝑛2 + 1)
c) f(n) = 1/(n 2 − 4).
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a) f (a) = b, f (b) = a, f (c) = c, f (d) = d
b) f (a) = b, f (b) = b, f (c) = d, f (d) = c
c) f (a) = d, f (b) = b, f (c) = c, f (d) = d
8. Determine whether each of these functions from Z to Z is one-to-one.
a) f(n) = n − 1
b) f(n) = n 2 + 1
c) f(n) = n 3
d) f(n) = ⌈𝑛/2⌉
9. Determine whether the function f : Z × Z → Z is onto if
a) f (m, n) = m + n.
b) f (m, n) = m2 + n2.
c) f (m, n) = m.
d) f (m, n) = |n|.
e) f (m, n) = m − n.
10. Determine whether each of these functions is a bijection from R to R.
a) f(x) = −3x + 4
b) f(x) = −3x2 + 7
c) f(x) = (x + 1)/(x + 2)
d) f(x) = x5 + 1
11. What are the values of these sums, where S = {1, 3, 5, 7}?
a) ∑𝑗∈𝑆 𝑗
1
b) ∑𝑗∈𝑆 (𝑗 )
12. Compute each of these double sums.
a) ∑2𝑖=1 ∑3𝑗=1(𝑖 + 𝑗)
b) ∑3𝑖=1 ∑2𝑗=0 𝑖
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