Definition:Bounded Set/Real Numbers

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This page is about Bounded Subset of Real Numbers. For other uses, see Bounded.

Definition

Definition 1

Let $T \subseteq \R$ be both bounded below and bounded above in $\R$.


Then $T$ is bounded in $\R$.


Definition 2

Let $T \subseteq \R$ be a subset of $\R$ such that:

$\exists K \in \R: \forall x \in T: \size x \le K$

where $\size x$ denotes the absolute value of $x$.


Then $T$ is bounded in $\R$.


Unbounded

$T \subseteq \R$ is unbounded (in $\R$) if and only if it is not bounded.


Examples

Example 1

The subset $S$ of the real numbers $\R$ defined as:

$S = \set {1, 2, 3}$

is bounded both above and below.


Some upper bounds of $S$ are:

$100, 10, 4, 3$

Some lower bounds of $S$ are:

$-27, 0, 1$


Example 2

The subset $T$ of the real numbers $\R$ defined as:

$T = \set {x \in \R: 1 \le x \le 2}$

is bounded both above and below.


Some upper bounds of $T$ are:

$100, 10, 4, 2$

Some lower bounds of $T$ are:

$-27, 0, 1$


Also see

  • Results about bounded sets of real numbers can be found here.


Sources

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