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. (Sequences). Let be an integer. A sequence of rational numbers is any function from the set to , i.e., a mapping which assigns to each integer greater than or equal to , a rational number . More informally, a sequence of rational numbers is a collection of rationals .

. (Cauchy sequences). A sequence of rational numbers is said to be a Cauchy sequence iff for every , there exists an such that for all .

. (Bounded sequences). Let be rational. A finite sequence is bounded by iff for all . An infinite sequence is bounded by iff for all .

. Finite sequences are bounded

.

. (Cauchy sequences are bounded). Every Cauchy sequence is bounded.

. , 提示:自然数到整数的同构映射、整数到有理数的同构映射、数学归纳法

,即由索引的的笛卡尔积。

定义上的一种关系当且仅当对于任意,存在,使得对于任意,有

. 是等价关系

上的所有等价类所构成的集合为 中的元素记作,简记为

实数加法

. if and are Cauchy sequences, then is also a Cauchy sequence

上定义加法

简记为

容易验证上述定义的加法是良定义的

上述定义的加法具有以下性质

  • 加法交换律
  • 加法结合律
  • 加法单位元中的零序列
  • 加法逆元

因此构成一个交换群

note: 需要验证逆元的良定义性,即若两个数表示的等价类相等,则它们的逆元表示的等价类也相等

实数乘法

. if and are Cauchy sequences, then is also a Cauchy sequence

证明:by definition

任取一个

因为柯西列都是有界,所以,因此它们有共同上界

对于,存在,使得对于任意,有

对于,存在,使得对于任意,有

,对于任意,有

上定义乘法

简记为

容易验证上述定义的乘法是良定义的

. (Sequences bounded away from zero). A sequence of rational numbers is said to be bounded away from zero iff there exists a rational number such that for all .

. Let be a non-zero real number. Then for some Cauchy sequence which is bounded away from zero.

证明:
,存在,使得对于任意, 都存在,使得

因为是柯西列,所以存在,使得对于任意,有

,对于任意,有,因此

构造一个新的数列

易得,且

是 bounded away from zero 的 cauchy sequence

. 若是 bounded away from zero 的 cauchy sequence,则也是 cauchy sequence. 按柯西列的定义证明

. 若,且都是 bounded away from zero 的 cauchy sequence,则,即逆元是良定义的。

上述定义的乘法具有以下性质

  • 乘法交换律
  • 乘法结合律
  • 乘法单位元中的单位序列
  • 乘法逆元,若,且是 bounded away from zero 的 cauchy sequence,则有乘法逆元,其中
  • 乘法对加法的分配律

因此构成一个交换除环,即域

.

=

,因此是单射

因此的同构映射

有序域

. Let be a sequence of rationals. We say that this sequence is positively bounded away from zero iff we have a positive rational such that for all (in particular, the sequence is entirely positive). The sequence is negatively bounded away from zero iff we have a positive rational such that for all (in particular, the sequence is entirely negative).

. A real number is said to be positive iff it can be written as for some Cauchy sequence which is positively bounded away from zero. ( is said to be negative iff it can be written as for some Cauchy sequence which is negatively bounded away from zero.)

可以验证满足如下性质

  • 三者有且只有一个成立

因此构成一个有序域,即

可以定义

(抽象代数)有序域(环)上的性质对都成立

  • Trichotomy: 三者有且只有一个成立
  • Transitivity:
  • Addition preservation:
  • Multiplication preservation:
  • Negation reverses order:

. ,即是从的一个子集的序同构

至此将记作,简记为

. Let be a Cauchy sequence of non-negative rational numbers. Then is a non-negative real number.

. Let and be Cauchy sequences of rationals such that for all . Then .

. Let be a positive real number. Then there exists a positive rational number such that , and there exists a positive integer such that .

. Let be a real number, and let be a positive real number. Then there exists a positive integer such that .

. Given any two real numbers , we can find a rational number such that .

. if , else

(抽象代数)有序环上的绝对值有以下性质

用绝对值定义距离,则有以下性质

  1. . Also, if and only if
  2. .
  3. .

. Let be a Cauchy sequence of rationals, and let be a real number. Show that if for all , then . Similarly, show that if for all , then .

. (Upper bound). Let be a subset of , and let be a real number. We say that is an upper bound for , iff we have for every element in .

. (Least upper bound). Let be a subset of , and be a real number. We say that is a least upper bound for iff (a) is an upper bound for , and also (b) any other upper bound for must be larger than or equal to .

. Let be a subset of . Then can have at most one least upper bound.

. (Existence of least upper bound). Let be a non-empty subset of . If has an upper bound, (i.e., has some upper bound ), then it must have exactly one least upper bound.

目标:构造一个实数(有理数的 cauchy 列),使得其为最小上界

从非空集中取一个元素

对于每一个

  • 从有理数的 archimedean 性,可以找到一个整数,使得
  • 同理可以找到一个整数,使得

对于每个,,有最小元,记作

  • 的每一项都是的上界
  • 的每一项都不是的上界

接下来要证明是 cauchy 列,且它们是 cauchy 等价的,即

因此对于任意的,存在,使得对于任意,有,即是 cauchy 列

容易证明也是 cauchy 列;因此

因为的每一项都是的上界,所以的上界

因为的每一项都不是的上界,所以小于的每一个上界

满足最小上界性质,即的最小上界

拓展实数域


其中是两个新的元素,且满足对所有成立

. (上确界) if E has a upper bound, then the least upper bound of is the supremum of ,denoted by , if E not has a upper bound, then the supremum of is

因为有最小上界属性的全序集都有最大下界属性,因此可以定义下确界

. (下确界) if E has a lower bound, then the greatest lower bound of is the infimum of ,denoted by , if E not has a lower bound, then the infimum of is

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