UNIVERSITY OF VENDA

Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences

MAT 2241 / 2641 Real Analysis 1 TEST 2 Oct. 2023
Time: 50 minutes Total Marks: 50

Note:
• This is a closed-book test. Electronic devices are prohibited, except non programmable calculators
• Answer all questions in the provided answer sheet.

Question 1: 7+6 Marks

(a) Let 0 < u < 1/2. For each of the following sequences, give its limit if it exists
or the set of values infinitely taken by the general term of the sequence.
3n2 + un 9n+8
 π
(1) Xn = + 8(−1) ; (2) Y n = sin n .
7n2 + 12 3
(b) Let p > 1 and n ∈ N∗ . For each of the following sequences, tell whether it is
increasing or bounded. Note: For n ∈ N∗ , n! = 1 · 2 · 3 · · · · · (n − 1) · n.
n2 p5
(1) Jn = − ; (2) Kn = .
n2 + n n!

Question 2: 9 Marks

Let A ⊂ R and S = {x ∈ R : A is a neighborhood of x} .

Give explicit and simplified expressions for S and A in the following cases.
(1) A = ([2, 5] ∪ [7, 9]) ∩ (1, 8), (2) A = [−3, 2]\N, (3) A = [7, 10]∪([−6, −4] ∩ Z) .

Question 3: 5 + 4 Marks

(a) Let a ∈ R and f and g be real functions such that for all x,
1 4 2 2
0 < |x − a| < ⇒ |f (x) − 8| < and 0 < |x − a| < ⇒ |g(x) − 4| <
7 10 9 5
Give the smallest possible upper bound ρ of |f (x)+g(x)+6| for a− 18 < x < a+ 81 .
(b) Let V = [−2, 10] and K = a ∈ R : B(a, 32 ) ⊂ V . Give an explicit and simpli-

fied expression for K.

Question 4: 4+4+11 Marks:

Let a, c, L, M ∈ R and f : R → R be a function defined in a neighborhood of a and
a deleted neighborhood of c.

(a) Give the formal definition of ”f (x) tends to L as x tends to ∞”.

(b) Give the formal definition of the continuity of f at a.
(c) Show that if limx→c f (x) = L and limx→c f (x) = M, then L = M.