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Assignment 6: Cardinality; Induction

Due 04.Mar.16 (Tue) 17:00

The general hw policies include instructions for proofs-by-induction!


Reading: Rosen 3.2 (summations and cardinality), 3.3 (induction).

  1. (4pts) Rosen 3.2, #16. (4ed: ?? -- let me know) Summations; see Rosen 3.2 and/or some summation hints (ps, pdf).
  2. (4pts) Rosen 3.2, #18. (4ed: ?? -- let me know) Double summations; see Rosen 3.2 and/or some summation hints (ps, pdf).
    You should be able do this and the previous problem w/o brute force (I.e., you wouldn't be phased if the indices were 200,300 rather than 2,3.)
  3. (4pts) Rosen 3.2, #26. (4ed: ?? -- let me know) (Sum of cube roots.)
    You may assume that m is a perfect cube. Hints:
  4. (1pt extra credit) Extend the previous problem to when m is not necessarily a perfect cube.
  5. (4pts) Rosen 3.2, #32 a,c,d. (4ed p.79, #32a,c,d) (Specific sets countable?)
    When countable, be sure to show a correspondence and be sure it really is one-to-one and onto!
  6. (5pts) Rosen 3.2, #36. (4ed p.80, #36) (Union of countable sets.)
    Give a constructive proof -- an explicit mapping between sets, and show why it is one-to-one and onto. 2pts max if you don't show one-to-one. Be careful!
  7. (4pts) Rosen 3.3: #10. (4ed 3.2, #10) (∑ k*k! = (n+1)!-1.)
  8. (4pts) Rosen 3.3, #18. (4ed 3.2, #18) (∑k-2 < 2-1/n.)
  9. (1pt ) Rosen 3.3, #50. (4ed: ?? -- let me know) (False proof: sum i = (n+0.5)2/2.
  10. (2pts) Rosen 3.3, #52. (4ed: ?? -- let me know) (False proof: max(x,y)=n ⇒ x=y)
  11. (4pts) Rosen 3.4, #18. (4ed: ?? -- let me know) (powers of [1 1 / 1 0].)
    See labbies or TAs, or read Rosen, for matrix multiplication (p.198) and the Fibonacci numbers fi (p.259).
  12. (4pts) Rosen Chpt 3 Supplementary exercise (p.294), #44. (4ed: ?? -- let me know) (jigsaw)
    Note: strong induction really is relevant here; if you didn't use it, think about some jigsaw-solving moves that don't actually correspond to your non-strong apporach.
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