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Exercise ​

Identify the hypothesis and conclusion in the following statements. For the 4th and 5th statements, rewrite them in a way that clarifies which part is hypothesis and which is conclusion.

  1. If x is a positive real number that satisfies x2−2x+1<0, then x<1.
  2. If x is a real number, then either x≤0, x≥0.
  3. If there exists a real number x such that x4+1=0, then any real number is either an integer or a multiple of π.
  4. The inverse of a irrational number is also irrational.
  5. For each x∈R there exists y∈R such that x=y2.

Exercise ​

The negation of various statements is described in the following table.

StatementNegation
P or QNot P and not Q
P and QNot P or not Q
If P, then QP and not Q
For all x, P(x)There exist x such that not P(x)
There exists x such that P(x)For every x, not P(x)

Think of day-to-day examples which illustrate the logic described in this table.

Exercise ​

Find the negation of the following statements

  1. Some prime numbers are odd.
  2. Nobody is lazy.
  3. Some horses are black.
  4. For every x∈R, x2≥0.
  5. There exists x∈R such that x2=7.
  6. For each x∈R there exists y∈R such that x=y2.
  7. If x,y≥0 then x=y implies that x=y.

Exercise ​

What does each of the following statements mean, and which of them are true?

  1. For every positive number x, and every positive number y, we have y2=x.
  2. There exists a positive number x such that for every positive number y, we have y2=x.
  3. There exists a positive number x, and there exists a positive number y, such that y2=x.
  4. For every positive number y, there exists a positive number x such that y2=x.
  5. There exists a positive number y such that for every positive number x, we have y2=x.

Exercise ​

Consider the following statement.

Let f be differentiable on (a,b) and suppose that f takes a local minimum or maximum at the point c∈(a,b). Then f′(c)=0.

Discuss the possibility to improve the statement in the sense of making it stronger. Would this be stronger or weaker conclusion? Would this be a stronger or a weaker hypothesis?