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 Next, we briefly mention what the symbol $+\infty$ and $-\infty$ mean. Note that, these are not real numbers, they are not member of $\R$. We introduce them to simplify certain statement of results. For example, we can now say, given any subset $E \In \R$, the $\sup(E)$ exists in $\R \cup \{+\infty\}$. (What's wrong with this expression $\R \cup +\infty$? Why the curly braces? ) Next, we briefly mention what the symbol $+\infty$ and $-\infty$ mean. Note that, these are not real numbers, they are not member of $\R$. We introduce them to simplify certain statement of results. For example, we can now say, given any subset $E \In \R$, the $\sup(E)$ exists in $\R \cup \{+\infty\}$. (What's wrong with this expression $\R \cup +\infty$? Why the curly braces? )
  
-That hopefully will take us 40 min. We will use the last 30 min to talk about sequence and limits in $\R$, this is Ross Sec 7 and Tao-I Ch 6. So, what does limit mean? We say a sequence (of real numbers) $(a_n)$ converges to $a$, if for any $\epsilon>0$, there exists $N>0$, such that for any $n > N$, we have $|a_n - a| < \epsilon$. Informally, we say, for any $\epsilon$, the sequence eventually fell into the $\epsilon$-neighborhood of $a$. +That hopefully will take us 40 min. We will use the last 20 min to talk about sequence and limits in $\R$, this is Ross Sec 7 and Tao-I Ch 6. So, what does limit mean? We say a sequence (of real numbers) $(a_n)$ converges to $a$, if for any $\epsilon>0$, there exists $N>0$, such that for any $n > N$, we have $|a_n - a| < \epsilon$. Informally, we say, for any $\epsilon$, the sequence eventually fell into the $\epsilon$-neighborhood of $a$.  
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 +Let's finish by go through some examples of convergence, just to test how the definition works.  
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 +[[https://courses.wikinana.org/_media/math104-s21/note_jan_21_2021_3_.pdf | The note from previous semester]] might be useful.  
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 +===== Group Discussion (20min) ===== 
 +1. Let $A, B \In \R$, and define $A+B = \{a + b| a \in A, b \in B \}$. Prove that $\sup (A+B) = \sup A + \sup B$.  
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 +2. Same setup as above, prove that $\sup (A \cup B) = \max(\sup A, \sup B) $.  
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 +3. Ross 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 
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