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 a) Question: What is a counterexample to "If $A$ is closed, then $f(A)$ is closed". a) Question: What is a counterexample to "If $A$ is closed, then $f(A)$ is closed".
  
-Answer: Let $f := arctan(x)$. Then$(-\infty, \infty) -> (-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2})$.+Answer: Let $f := arctan(x)$. Then $(-\infty, \infty) -> (-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2})$.
  
 b) Question: What is a counterexample to "If $B$ is connected, then $f^{-1}(B)$ is connected."? b) Question: What is a counterexample to "If $B$ is connected, then $f^{-1}(B)$ is connected."?
  
-Answer:+Answer: Let $f := x^2$. Then $[1, \infty) -> (-\infty, -1] \cup [1, \infty)$, which is disconnected.
  
 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] 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 Answer: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/605195/detail-on-a-theorem-of-continuity-and-compactness
  
-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?+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?
  
-Answer: In Ross 168, we define the inverse $f^{-1}(U)$ to include any value $s$ st $f(s) \in U$. So $f^{-1}([1, inf) = (-inf, -1] \cup [1, inf)$.+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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