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A connected domain forces a constant map

Which of the following statements are true?

  1. A.Let x,y∈Rx, y \in \mathbb{R} with x < y. Then there exists r∈Qr \in \mathbb{Q} such that x < (2^2024/e)r < y.✓ Correct
  2. B.Let (an)n≥2(a_{n})_{n}\ge_{2} be a sequence of positive real numbers. If there exists a positive real number L such that lim⁡sup⁡(n→∞)an/log⁡n=L\lim \sup(n\to\infty) a_{n}/\log n = L, then lim⁡sup⁡(n→∞)an<∞\lim \sup(n\to\infty) a_{n} < \infty.
  3. C.The set of all finite subsets of Q\mathbb{Q} is countably infinite.✓ Correct
  4. D.The set of continuous functions from R\mathbb{R} to the set {0, 1} is infinite.

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward, and why this one tests standard counterexample.

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The trap it tests

Standard counterexample

There is a canonical object that settles this. Recognising it is the whole question.

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Related counterexample: Every ordered field is Archimedean

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The chapter behind this: The real line: supremum, Archimedes and density — free to read

From The Real Line › Completeness, sup/inf, Archimedean property

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