Assignment 1 (due Tuesday September 23rd)

These problem numbers are for the fifth edition of the textbook. If you have the sixth edition, be sure to use the alternate problem numbers below.

Pages 5-6

1*
4
6
10
15*

1*
2*

4 (Hint: a useful fact is that 2ab <= a^2 + b^2 for any two real numbers a and b. To prove this, use the fact that (a-b)^2 >= 0.)

6
10
11
13
17
18
19*

If you have the sixth edition of the textbook

Pages 5-6

1*
12
8(a)
4
14*

1*
2*

4 (Hint: a useful fact is that 2ab <= a^2 + b^2 for any two real numbers a and b. To prove this, use the fact that (a-b)^2 >= 0.)

14
9
10
12
17
18
19*