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 4. Question: Exam 2, Problem 5. Let $f: \mathbb{Q} -> \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous map. Is it true that one can always find a continuous map $g: \mathbb{R} -> \mathbb{R}$ extending $f$, namely, $g(x) = f(x)$ for any $x \in \mathbb{Q}$? Prove or find a counterexample. 4. Question: Exam 2, Problem 5. Let $f: \mathbb{Q} -> \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous map. Is it true that one can always find a continuous map $g: \mathbb{R} -> \mathbb{R}$ extending $f$, namely, $g(x) = f(x)$ for any $x \in \mathbb{Q}$? Prove or find a counterexample.
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 +5. Assume f is a continuous map $f: X -> Y$ with $A \subset X$ and $B \subset Y$
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 +a) Question: What is a counterexample to "If $A$ is closed, then $f(A)$ is closed".
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 +Answer: Let $f := arctan(x)$. Then $(-\infty, \infty) -> (-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2})$.
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 +b) Question: What is a counterexample to "If $B$ is connected, then $f^{-1}(B)$ is connected."?
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 +Answer: Let $f := x^2$. Then $[1, \infty) -> (-\infty, -1] \cup [1, \infty)$, which is disconnected.
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 +6. Question: Given an open cover $\mathcal{U}$ of $f(E)$ where f is a continuous function and E is a compact set, why is $\{f^{-1}(U) : U \in \mathcal{U}\}$ a cover of E? [Question from Ross Theorem 21.4]
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 +Answer: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/605195/detail-on-a-theorem-of-continuity-and-compactness
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 +7. Question: For non 1-to-1 functions (like $f = x^2$), how do we define the inverse $f^{-1}$ of a set in the range of that function? E.g., for $x^2$, what would $f^{-1}([1, inf))$ be?
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 +Answer: In Ross 168, we define the inverse $f^{-1}(U)$ to include any value $s$ st $f(s) \in U$. So $f^{-1}([1, inf)) = (-inf, -1] \cup [1, inf)$.
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