Definition of Supremum and Infimum of a Set | Real Analysis

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  • @WrathofMath
    @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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    • @egbujuoemmanuel47
      @egbujuoemmanuel47 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why can't the infimum of natural numbers be > 1

  • @oldcowbb
    @oldcowbb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    i thought this would be a really bad video when you were just reading the definition at the beginning, but the explanations and the examples following are super helpful

  • @zafaris
    @zafaris ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm studying logic for computer science at university and this really helped! The visual explanations and examples helped the concepts of supremum and infimum to click in my mind.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  ปีที่แล้ว

      So glad it helped, thanks for watching!

  • @rachelmadoo3671
    @rachelmadoo3671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    from the moment you said the channel name I knew this was gonna be good. Also these videos are a life saver

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Kakashi-sensei! Be sure to keep your Sharingan on my Real Analysis playlist, many more lessons coming! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html
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    • @rachelmadoo3671
      @rachelmadoo3671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @JimbobFaz
    @JimbobFaz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These videos are the best I have found so far on real analysis. Great work! 👍

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks so much! Still a long ways to go with this analysis playlist, but I've enjoyed making the highest quality videos I can for the subject! I'd like it to be the definitive playlist on the topic when I am done.

    • @JimbobFaz
      @JimbobFaz ปีที่แล้ว

      The way you explain the concept and rational before just diving into the proofs is very helpful in getting the idea across, and this ultimately makes understanding the proofs and definitions a lot easier. Your proofs are also very good and rigorous.
      I have a 1st class undergraduate maths degree and I still find real analysis pretty difficult. Im trying to watch your videos ATM as a refresher and to try deepen understanding as im starting to forget this stuff after not studying it for a while and when picking up an old text book on metric spaces it all seemed rock solid again! I get rusty so fast when I stop studying maths. The hardest bit in real analysis that I remember not understanding very well and struggling the most with was about function spaces and uniform convergence of functions (not sure if this is what isknown as functional analysis though?)Also, the in abstract algebra I found in fields was very hard, rings not as much, and group theory was fine.

  • @cheatyhotbeef2636
    @cheatyhotbeef2636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just wondering why do we use supremum and Infimum? What good are finding the upper/lower bounds of a set? I think I’d solidify these lessons more if I knew what they were used in, but the explanation was really clear and nice! Keep up the great work!

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks for watching and great question! I'll mention I don't love doing a bunch of lessons with no particular context, but the most common situation is that someone is learning something in a class - where they're getting more context - and just need some extra help understanding a particular concept, which is why I think its worthwhile to present topics with hyper-focus on the concept itself, without spending too much time on context which the majority of viewers who find this lesson over the coming years will already have from their classes.
      In this lesson though I touch on perhaps the biggest use of supremum and infimum right at the end of the lesson! By taking the completeness axiom, which guarantees us the existence of infima and suprema of bounded sets, we can "complete" the rational numbers - filling in their holes with all the irrational real numbers. And this completeness is tremendously nice to have.
      In future real analysis lessons we'll see more powerful results involving bounded sets, and suprema and infima, which will hopefully make their value more clear! And of course, it all builds up a rigorous foundation for calculus which is some of the most useful math ever devised!

    • @anjaneyasharma322
      @anjaneyasharma322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cheaty Hotbeef Someboddyhas reached the top So whatever he says or observes has to be of very high value.
      In today's times it can be for getting doctorate.
      Simply put in the given set of values or bounded interval there will be two values
      Highest is Supremum and Lowest is Infimum.
      As Cheatybeef says this observation is very very ordinary.
      If instead of interval a function is taken
      It will have some value like
      Function is convergent or divergent
      real roots or imaginary etc for analysis.

    • @maxpercer7119
      @maxpercer7119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this is the one question you are not allowed to ask a math teacher (or any teacher) , WHAT IS THE POINT OF LEARNING this?
      answer: one day you will find out (or not)???

    • @placeholder6811
      @placeholder6811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maxpercer7119 As a topology teacher for 20 years, I wholeheartedly disagree with you. You are speaking from arrogance. Students who are learning new material don't even know what they don't know so it is nice to have something to ground their learning direction. Walking around a subject vacuously is one of the easiest ways for students to get disinterested. For shame if you are an educator.

  • @xyz-fq8lv
    @xyz-fq8lv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very nice and completely understandable at once about the concept.

  • @archibongbenjamine8606
    @archibongbenjamine8606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you this vidoes really brought me out of confusion

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So glad it helped! Thanks for watching, and if you're looking for more analysis check out my playlist! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @valeriereid2337
    @valeriereid2337 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this excellent explanation of the supremum and infimum. This most certainly helped.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to hear it - thanks for watching!

  • @anona4361
    @anona4361 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the clear video man!

  • @piyushkarki5818
    @piyushkarki5818 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Since the set S is taken from an ordered field F, is it not redundant to say that the supremum b of the set has to be a part of the ordered field? Since it is already a part of the set, it is definitely a part of the ordered field. What I am trying to get at is, are there situations where one could confuse the supremum to be something that is not in the ordered field?

  • @abcdefghijklnopqrstuvwxyz5259
    @abcdefghijklnopqrstuvwxyz5259 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your lectures are great ...love them

  • @mkthakral
    @mkthakral 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank God you are here.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do my best, thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions!

    • @mkthakral
      @mkthakral 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WrathofMath Thank you so much.

  • @OmarAhmed-ic4fw
    @OmarAhmed-ic4fw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    May you make a video on the completeness axiom, pleases!

  • @christoskettenis880
    @christoskettenis880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, just take any real number, either included in the subset or not, that fits the definition of lower or upper bounds, either the interval is open or closed. Just as long as it's not infinity

  • @citizencj3389
    @citizencj3389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These concepts are VERY useful in understanding compact sets which can also help understand uniform continuity. Triangle inequality is op af in analytical math.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely! And that's a funny way to put it - I agree, it's super OP, and you'd never expect it!

  • @aishwaryapotdar1348
    @aishwaryapotdar1348 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    crystal, got it, thank you

  • @DonPlazo
    @DonPlazo ปีที่แล้ว

    great . i learnt this easily from you❤

  • @ayaudh
    @ayaudh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nicely explained.

  • @hnr683
    @hnr683 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    very talented work and very clear

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to hear it, thanks for watching and check out my analysis playlist for more! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @KhaznahAlkhaldi
    @KhaznahAlkhaldi หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video 👍. Thank you

  • @classicchessplayer7068
    @classicchessplayer7068 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm starting to like analysis now, thanks.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to hear it! I like it a lot, it's a fascinating subject! If you haven't already, check out my real analysis playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html
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    • @classicchessplayer7068
      @classicchessplayer7068 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WrathofMath sounds good thanks :D

  • @mustafamalik4211
    @mustafamalik4211 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent explanation.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, Mustafa! Let me know if you have any questions, and check out my analysis playlist if you're looking for more: th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @BelegaerTheGreat
    @BelegaerTheGreat ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey! The Naturals start with 0!

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not on my watch!

    • @085_juhaifajahan8
      @085_juhaifajahan8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@WrathofMath0!=1

    • @wardamaths7987
      @wardamaths7987 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      No with 1 the whole numbers start with 0

  • @RSA_Shock
    @RSA_Shock 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video

  • @lalhriatpuiahmar5057
    @lalhriatpuiahmar5057 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your great explanation

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My pleasure! Thanks a lot for watching, and if you're looking for more analysis - check out my playlist! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @williamsishaya1429
    @williamsishaya1429 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this .... pls I need more explanation on limit and continues

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My pleasure, thanks for watching! I am working my way through creating lessons on analysis, so we will get to limits and continuity soon enough. Check out the playlist I am putting together if you haven't already: th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html
      Lots more to come!

  • @tanvirkaisar7245
    @tanvirkaisar7245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sorry for the dumb question, but for the last example, if we take Q as our field instead of R, then should not the sup and inf be +1 and -1 respectively?

    • @roshanshihab8515
      @roshanshihab8515 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Q means rational numbers not integers

  • @axeanshuman
    @axeanshuman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice and simple explanation 😇❤

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, glad it was clear! Let me know if you have any questions, and check out my playlist if you're looking for more analysis! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @shayaanrk
    @shayaanrk ปีที่แล้ว

    Good explanation

  • @GerardFunClub
    @GerardFunClub 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much!!!

  • @jonathanabraham2655
    @jonathanabraham2655 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello doctor, here 8:22 is the set {1/n: n€N} an open or closed set? I think it’s closed as taking x=1 then any delta>0 makes x+delta beyond the set. Is that assumption right or not? Thank you😊

  • @ibraheemmoosa
    @ibraheemmoosa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this. Great explanation.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My pleasure, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions, and if you're looking for more real analysis check out my playlist! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @catherinegutierrez2024
    @catherinegutierrez2024 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big help!
    Thanks!

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  ปีที่แล้ว

      My pleasure, thanks for watching!

  • @faizahbegum5257
    @faizahbegum5257 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    for the last example why can’t the infimum be -sqrt (-1) as it’s less than 2

  • @sandeepchaudhary8689
    @sandeepchaudhary8689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow great video ,greetings from india 🙏

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, from the US! Be sure to check out my Real Analysis playlist if you're studying the subject, many more lessons to come! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

    • @sandeepchaudhary8689
      @sandeepchaudhary8689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WrathofMath yes sir ofcourse thank you so much 🙏I'm crying 😭in happyness🙏

  • @existentialrap521
    @existentialrap521 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your little dude saved me. I was thinking of b0 and b as being in the inside of the set S rather than outside. Once you moved the little yellow line i was like oh sht, this mfer spittin. Apologies for the crude comments. They help me retain sht way better than normal. That's why this is an anon account. Gang sht. I was raised in the hood tho. shootings at the corner trap house. they was cookin dope. get u a girl that'll cook w/ u. a ride or die. sup(S).

  • @kingraj2692
    @kingraj2692 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teach us the maximum and minimum of a set( non empty set)

  • @user-wr4yl7tx3w
    @user-wr4yl7tx3w 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    so well explained!

  • @tanishpanjwani3117
    @tanishpanjwani3117 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just a quick question at 6:25 do you mean 0 is greater than n instead of 0 is greater or equal than n for all n belongs to the natural number set.

  • @mahmoudalbahar1641
    @mahmoudalbahar1641 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Many thanks for this good video.

  • @Hana-gj7mi
    @Hana-gj7mi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, thanks!

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My pleasure, thanks for watching and check out my real analysis playlist if you're looking for more!
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  • @caotriinh3236
    @caotriinh3236 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    great explanation!

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Check out my analysis playlist for more, and let me know if you have any questions! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @tinotendakanyandura1139
    @tinotendakanyandura1139 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you help on the sup and inf of a closed set union natural numbers

  • @lt8400
    @lt8400 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    2:20
    So the upper bound of S doesnt have to be in the set of S?

  • @sumittete2804
    @sumittete2804 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir ...what are the supremum and infimum of (0,1) intersection {m+n√2 : m,n€Z}?

  • @goedelite
    @goedelite 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aren't these usually called the GLB and the LUB ? I like to use lim sup and lim inf for sets, but maybe that is just my habit.

  • @musratjahan4452
    @musratjahan4452 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you sir

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My pleasure, thanks for watching! If you're looking for more analysis lessons, check out my playlist! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @CeciliaMiteche-s5p
    @CeciliaMiteche-s5p 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    very interesting

  • @AmjadKhan-xo2ux
    @AmjadKhan-xo2ux 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it necessary for a supermum to be an element of ordered field.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes indeed! We need to know what numbers are being considered. So if S is the set, the supremum need not be in S, but it must be in the field S belongs to (which field this is can depend on context, since sets can belong to multiple fields we must specify the one we are considering).

  • @souravde6116
    @souravde6116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1 ) For N = {1,2,3,...} Why can't we say infinity is the supremum?

    • @he_is_mark
      @he_is_mark ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this set is not bounded above, therefore there's no supremum

  • @abhiramisudhakaran137
    @abhiramisudhakaran137 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!!

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No problem, thanks for watching! Check out my Real Analysis playlist if you’re looking for more on the subject, many more lessons to come! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @faizahbegum5257
    @faizahbegum5257 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i don’t understand why 0 isn’t the infimum in the first example, is it because it isn’t a natural number?

    • @citizencj3389
      @citizencj3389 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Infimums are the greatest lower bound. 0 is bounded above 1 so it is not an infimum...it is instead a minimum value. Remember the set of natural numbers do not include rational numbers. And 1 is the greatest lower bound of the set of natural numbers.

  • @Mrtrendybombs
    @Mrtrendybombs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir induced relation plz

  • @marcushendriksen8415
    @marcushendriksen8415 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too good! Subscribed

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, Marcus! Be sure to check out my Real Analysis playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html
      Planning to build it up a lot more as this year continues!

    • @marcushendriksen8415
      @marcushendriksen8415 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WrathofMath I certainly will! Thank you for the link :)

  • @shepherdchiti8098
    @shepherdchiti8098 ปีที่แล้ว

    how do you show that the set S=a/b E(0,1) is unbounded

  • @郎思源
    @郎思源 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice video

  • @maxpercer7119
    @maxpercer7119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    supremum = tightest upper bound , least upper bound, least max, best max
    infimum = tightest lower bound, greatest lower bound , greatest min, best min

  • @lukaslukas305
    @lukaslukas305 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow 👏

  • @emmanuelcampos82
    @emmanuelcampos82 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the sup and inf of this S=(-∞, 5)?

  • @efeberkeksi7301
    @efeberkeksi7301 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn't zero a naturel number as well?

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching! Some people consider it one, I generally don't and in my experience most people don't (though it's far from a great majority). Sometimes the "whole numbers" are considered to be the set of naturals with 0 included.
      And if you're looking for more real analysis, check out my playlist! th-cam.com/play/PLztBpqftvzxWo4HxUYV58ENhxHV32Wxli.html

  • @itsonlylevi
    @itsonlylevi ปีที่แล้ว

    Damnit! Now I want some soup.

  • @randomvideos3628
    @randomvideos3628 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first slide of an explanation should never be an esoteric definition... but a good video anyways.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! I disagree for these sorts of videos, because people generally find them by searching for them specifically, and so have already had some form of introduction to the concept. I like to have the definition on screen so anyone who just wants a definition can see it immediately, but I begin this lesson with a simple explanation of what each definition means. For a normal in-person math lecture though, I agree!

  • @kaos092
    @kaos092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How is 1 the greatest lower bound of the natural numbers? The logic used to make one the greatest lower bound would also make 2 the greatest lower bound.

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1 is the greatest lower bound of the naturals because
      a) 1 is a lower bound of the naturals, there is no natural number less than 1
      b) there is no lower bound of the naturals greater than 1, we know this because any number x greater than 1 couldn't be a lower bound of the naturals, since 1 (a natural) is less than x. For example, 2 is not the greatest lower bound of the naturals since it is not a lower bound at all, the natural number 1 is less than it.

    • @kaos092
      @kaos092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WrathofMath Are you basically saying 0 isn't a natural number?

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. If you include 0 as a natural, then it would be the infimum.

    • @kaos092
      @kaos092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WrathofMath Wow thank you!

  • @egbujuoemmanuel47
    @egbujuoemmanuel47 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why can't the infimum of natural numbers be > 1 @wrath of math

    • @WrathofMath
      @WrathofMath  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's because the infimum is by definition the greatest lower bound, and seeing as 1 is in the set of natural numbers, anything greater than 1 cannot be a lower bound.

    • @egbujuoemmanuel47
      @egbujuoemmanuel47 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WrathofMath thank you 🙏

  • @ArtisticEats
    @ArtisticEats 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    supremum of the natural number should be +∞