Exercise 6.40. Let E be a nonempty subset of R that is bounded above. Prove that if a = sup E, then a EE.

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Exercise 6.40. Let E be a nonempty subset of R that is bounded above. Prove that if
a = sup E, then a EE.
Exercise 6.41. Let E be a nonempty set in Rn. Then the distance of a point x = R¹
to E is defined by
dist (x, E) = inf {||x - y|| : y € E}.
Prove the following:
Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 6.40. Let E be a nonempty subset of R that is bounded above. Prove that if a = sup E, then a EE. Exercise 6.41. Let E be a nonempty set in Rn. Then the distance of a point x = R¹ to E is defined by dist (x, E) = inf {||x - y|| : y € E}. Prove the following:
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