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EXERCISES

  1. (15) For each of the following sets, find the interior, the closure, and the boundary. Then determine which of the sets are open, closed, neither, or both.

    1. \begin{displaymath}
\left\{
(x_1,x_2) : x_1 \geq 0, x_2 \geq 0
\right\}.
\end{displaymath}


    2. \begin{displaymath}
\left\{
(x_1,x_2) : x_1 > 0, x_2 > 0
\right\}.
\end{displaymath}


    3. \begin{displaymath}
\left\{
(x_1,x_2) : x_1 > 0, x_2 \geq 0
\right\}.
\end{displaymath}


    4. \begin{displaymath}
\Re^n
\end{displaymath}


    5. \begin{displaymath}
\left\{
(x_1,x_2) : x_1^2 + x_2^2 < 0
\right\}.
\end{displaymath}


    6. \begin{displaymath}
\emptyset .
\end{displaymath}

    1. (10) Prove that $D$ is closed if and only if the complement $D^c$ is open.
    2. (10) Prove that $x \in \partial D$ if and only if for any $r > 0$ there exists a $y \in B(x;r) \cap D$ and a $z \in B(x;r) \cap D^c.$



Henry Wolkowicz
2002-12-31