3 OPERATIONS AND PROPERTIES OF REAL AND COMPLEX NUMBERS
EQUALITY AXIOMS FOR REAL NUMBERS Associative Property for Addition: (a b) c a (b c)
Reflexive Property of Equality: Associative Property for Multiplication: (ab)c a(bc) For any a R , a a . Distributive Property of Multiplication over Addition: Symmetry Property of Equality: a(b c) ab ac For a, b R , if a b then b a . (a b)c ac bc Transitive Property of Equality: For a, b, c R , if a b and b c then a c . Definition Identity Element Let A be a set closed under the operation *. An element e of the Definition A set A is closed under the operation * if for any x , y A , set A is called the identity if for any x A , x * e x and e * x x . x yA . Definition Existence of the Additive Identity There is a real number 0 such that for any a R , a 0 a . Remark: There are two (most) basic operations on numbers: Definition Inverse of a A ADDITION AND MULTIPLICATION. Let A be a set closed under * with identity e. Given a A , an element a ' of the set A is called the inverse of a if a * a ' e and CLOSURE AXIOMS FOR THE SET OF REAL NUMBERS a '* a e . Closure Property for Addition: Definition Existence of Additive Inverses If a, b R then a b R . For every a R , there is a real number a such that a a 0 Closure Property for Multiplication: The element a is called the negative of a, opposite of a, or If a, b R then ab R . additive inverse of a.
MORE EQUALITY AXIOMS FOR REAL NUMBERS Definition Subtraction
Addition Property of Equality: For any a, b R , a b a (b) . Let a, b, c R . If a b then a c b c . Multiplication Property of Equality: Theorems: Let a, b and c be real numbers. Let a, b, c R . If a b then ac bc . 1. If a c b c then a b . (Cancellation Law for Addition) 2. a 0 0 (Zero Property) SOME PROPERTIES OF R 3. (a) b (a b) Let a, b, c R . 4. (a) (b) a b Commutative Property for Addition: a b b a 5. (a b) (a) (b) Commutative Property for Multiplication: ab ba 6. There is a unique solution to a x b .
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Definition Existence of Multiplicative Identity Definition Rational Number There is a real number 1 such that for any a R , 1 a a . A real number a which can be written as a quotient (or ratio) of Definition Existence of Multiplicative Inverses an integer p and a nonzero integer q is called a rational number For every a R such that a 0 , there is a real number 1 / a such The set of all rational numbers is given by that a 1 / a 1 . Q { x |x p / q where p, q Z , q 0} We call 1 / a the multiplicative inverse of a , or the reciprocal of In decimal representation, rational numbers are either terminating or non-terminating but repeating decimals. a. Definition Irrational Number Theorems: Let a , b and c be real numbers. A real number which is not rational is called an irrational number. 1. If ac bc then a b . (Cancellation Law for Multiplication) We denote the set of irrational numbers by Q’ or QC. 2. If ab 0 , then either a 0 or b 0 . 3. If a and b are nonzero then 1 / (ab) (1 / a)(1 / b) . Elements of Q’ of the form n p (read “nth root of p) ,where p is a 4. If a is nonzero then there is a unique solution to the equation real number and n is an integer greater than 1, are called radicals. ax b . In n p , p is called the radicand and n is called the index.
Definition Division Definition Principal Root
For any a, b R such that b 0 , a / b a 1 / b . Let n be an integer greater than 1 and p be a real number. o If n is even and, Theorem: Let a, b, c, and d be real numbers. If p is nonnegative then n p is the positive nth 1. a /1 a root of p. 2. a / a 1 If p is negative, then n p is undefined. 3. (a / b)(c / d) ac / bd ( b 0 and d 0 ) o If n is odd and p is negative, then n p n p 4. If a / b c / d then ad bc . ( b 0 and d 0 ) 5. If a / b c / b then a c . ( b 0 ) OPERATIONS ON RADICALS 6. If a / b 0 then 1 / (a / b) b / a . Let p, n and m be non-negative integers. 7. If a / b 0 then (c / d) / (a / b) cb / ad . ( b 0 and d 0 ) Addition: x n p y n p ( x y)n p 8. (a / b) (c / d) (ad bc) / bd ( b 0 and d 0 ) Multiplication: n p n q n pq
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n p p Note: If a is less than or equal to b, we write a b . If a is greater than or Division: n , q ≠ 0. equal to b, we write a b . n q q Root of a root: n m p nm p Definition A real number is positive if a 0 and negative if a 0 . The number 0 is neither positive nor negative. The set of real numbers consists of all rational and irrational numbers. ORDER AXIOMS That is, R Q Q ' . Trichotomy Axiom: For any a, b R , exactly one of the following LAWS OF EXPONENTS holds: a b , a b or b a . Let m and n be positive integers and a, b be real numbers. Addition Axiom of Order: If a, b, c R and a b , then a c b c a0 1 provided a 0 Multiplication Axiom of Order: If a, b, c R , a b and c 0 , then ac bc . aman amn am Theorems: Let a, b, c R . Then amn provided a 0 n a 1. If a 0 then a 0 . a n 1 provided a 0 2. If a b then a b . an 3. Either a2 0 or a2 0 . am 4. If a b and c 0 , then ac bc . n amn 5. If a 0 then 1 / a 0 . abn anbn nn Remark: There is a one-to-one correspondence between the set of real a a numbers and the set of points in a line. provided b 0 b bn Definition Distance between two points on the real number line Definition “Less than” relation If x and y are points on the real number line, the distance between x and y Let a, b R . Assume that a b means that “a is less than b” (written d(x , y) ) is given by d(x , y) (x y)2 . Definition “Greater than” relation We say that a is greater than b (written a b ) if b a .
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DEFINTION: (Absolute Value) The absolute value of a number x is COMPLEX NUMBER SYSTEM x if x 0 Definition Complex Number defined as | x | x2 A complex number is a number of the form x yi where x and y x if x 0 are real numbers and i2 1 . Remarks: Theorems: Let a and b be real numbers. i (as well as x + yi, y 0 ) is not a real number 1. |a| a |a| In x yi , we call x the real part and y the imaginary part . A 2. |ab||a||b| complex number of the form yi where y is nonzero is called a pure a |a| imaginary. 3. If b 0 then . b | b| Two complex numbers x1 y1i and x2 y2i are equal if and only 4. |a b||a||b| (Triangle Inequality) if a c and b d . Definition Conjugate of a complex number Definition Upper and Lower Bound The conjugate of a complex number x yi is the complex number A number u is called an upper bound of a set S if x u for all x yi . x S . Definition Addition and Multiplication of Complex Numbers Similarly, a number l is called a lower bound of a set S if x u for Let x1 y1i and x2 y2i be complex numbers. Then all x S . o (x1 y1i) (x2 y2i) (x1 x2 ) (y1 y2 )i o (x1 y1i)(x2 y2i) (x1x2 y1y2 ) (x1y2 x2y1 )i Definition Least Upper Bound and Greatest Lower Bound Remarks: An upper bound b of a set S is called the least upper bound (LUB) Additive identity in C is 0 0 0i . if no upper bound is less than b. Additive inverse of x yi is x yi . Similarly, a lower bound b of a set S is called the greatest lower bound (GLB) if no lower bound is greater than b. x yi Multiplicative inverse of x yi is x2 y2 Completeness Axiom x y i. Every subset of R that has an upper bound has a LUB in R. x2 y2 x2 y2 Equivalently, every subset of R that has a lower bound has a GLB in R. Note: Subtraction and division in C are defined in the same manner as they are in R.