Lebl-Basic-Analysis-I · Problem 1.3.4

Real Numbers

Mathematics · bounded-functions

Problem

Finish the proof of Proposition 1.3.7. That is, prove that given a set DD, and two bounded functions f:D→Rf : D \to \mathbb{R} and g:D→Rg : D \to \mathbb{R} such that f(x)≤g(x)f(x) \leq g(x) for all x∈Dx \in D, then inf⁡x∈Df(x)≤inf⁡x∈Dg(x).\inf_{x \in D} f(x) \leq \inf_{x \in D} g(x).

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