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Question 8.13

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3 months ago

We have that asupAa\le\sup A for all aAa\in A and bsupBb\le\sup B for all bBb\in B. This means that

a+bsupA+supBa+b\le\sup A+\sup B

for all aAa\in A and bBb\in B. Hence, supA+supB\sup A+\sup B is an upper bound of A+BA+B. Consequently, by definition,

sup(A+B)supA+supB.\sup(A+B)\le\sup A+\sup B.

Now, by definition there exist aAa\in A and bBb\in B such that

supAa<ε2\sup A-a<\frac{\varepsilon}{2}

and

supBb<ε2\sup B-b<\frac{\varepsilon}{2}

for any ε>0\varepsilon>0. This implies that

supA+supB<a+b+εsup(A+B)+ε.\sup A+\sup B<a+b+\varepsilon\le\sup(A+B)+\varepsilon.
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