Tuesday, 31 March 2015

calculus - Defining an upper/lower bound in lexicographically ordered C



If I have a lexicographic ordering on C, and I define a subset, A={zC:z=a+bi,a,bR,a<0}.



I have an upper bound, say α=0+di. My question is does only the real part, (α)=0 define the upper bound? Or does the (α)=d have nothing to do with bounds in general?




Since it seems to me if I have the lexicographic ordering on C such as for any two m,nC, where m=a+bi and n=c+di and I define the ordering as m<n if a<c or if a=c and b<d.



The last bit, b<d gives me the impression that (α) would play a role in the upper bound. The reason I am asking is because in a proof I read, they prove this order has no least upper bound as there are infinitely many complex numbers with their real parts equal to (α) but different imaginary parts. So, I guess if only the real parts of complex numbers define the bounds then it makes sense to me.


Answer



A least upper bound has to be a specific number with the LUB property. In this case there is no such number, since there are lots of upper bounds but none of them is the smallest.


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