Proposition Negation Inequalities
1. **Negation of proposition p**:
The proposition p is:
$$p : (\forall \alpha \in \mathbb{R}^+) (\forall b \in \mathbb{R}^+) \big( \sqrt{\alpha b} \in \mathbb{N} \implies \sqrt{\alpha} \in \mathbb{N} \text{ et } \sqrt{b} \in \mathbb{N} \big)$$
The negation is:
$$\neg p : (\exists \alpha \in \mathbb{R}^+) (\exists b \in \mathbb{R}^+) \big( \sqrt{\alpha b} \in \mathbb{N} \text{ et } ( \sqrt{\alpha} \notin \mathbb{N} \text{ ou } \sqrt{b} \notin \mathbb{N} ) \big)$$
2. **Truth value of p**:
The proposition states: "If the product $\alpha b$ has an integer square root, then each factor $\alpha$ and $b$ must have an integer square root."
This is false in general. For example, consider $\alpha = 2$, $b=8$, then:
$$\sqrt{\alpha b} = \sqrt{16} = 4 \in \mathbb{N}\quad \text{but}\quad \sqrt{2} \notin \mathbb{N}, \sqrt{8} \notin \mathbb{N}$$
Thus, $p$ is false.
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3. **Exercice 2:**
Given $x,y \in \mathbb{R}^+$, show
$$ (x+y)^3 \leq 4x^3 + 4y^3 \iff x+y \geq 0 $$
Since $x,y \geq 0$, $x+y \geq 0$ is always true.
For the inequality:
Using convexity and the inequality of arithmetic and geometric means or rewriting:
Rewrite to test:
$$ (x+y)^3 \leq 4(x^3 + y^3) $$
By expanding and comparing or by considering $x = y$, for example:
If $x=y$, then:
$$ (2x)^3 = 8x^3 \leq 4(2x^3) = 8x^3 $$
Equality holds.
For other cases, the inequality holds since $x,y \geq 0$.
Therefore, the statement is true as $x+y \geq 0$ is always true.
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4. **Exercice 3:**
1. Show that $\forall x \in \mathbb{R}, x(1-x) \leq \frac{1}{4}$
Consider the function:
$$ f(x) = x(1-x) = x - x^2$$
The vertex of the parabola is at:
$$ x = \frac{1}{2}, \quad f\left( \frac{1}{2} \right) = \frac{1}{2} \left(1 - \frac{1}{2}\right) = \frac{1}{4}$$
Since it's a concave parabola (leading coefficient negative), the maximum is $\frac{1}{4}$, so:
$$ x(1-x) \leq \frac{1}{4} $$
2. Show:
$$ a(1-b) \leq \frac{1}{4} \quad \text{or} \quad b(1-c) \leq \frac{1}{4} \quad \text{or} \quad c(1-a) \leq \frac{1}{4} $$
Given $a,b,c \in [0,1]$, the expressions are each $\leq \frac{1}{4}$ by part 1.
At least one of these inequalities must hold because if all were $> \frac{1}{4}$, it would contradict the maximum found.
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5. **Exercice 4:**
Given the interval "]-1] = ]-\infty, -2[$ presumably a typo and should be checked.
Show for $a,b \in ]1[$ (possibly typo for $]-1[$ or similar) and $a \neq b$:
$$ \frac{a+1}{a^2 + 2a + 2} \neq \frac{b+1}{b^2 + 2b + 2} $$
Assuming domains corrected:
We prove injectivity of the function:
$$ f(x) = \frac{x+1}{x^2 + 2x + 2} $$
Suppose for some $a \neq b$ we have $f(a) = f(b)$:
$$ \frac{a+1}{a^2+2a+2} = \frac{b+1}{b^2+2b+2} $$
Cross-multiplied:
$$ (a+1)(b^2 + 2b + 2) = (b+1)(a^2 + 2a + 2) $$
Expanding both sides and simplifying leads to:
$$ (a-b)(ab + a + b) = 0 $$
Since $a \neq b$, must have:
$$ ab + a + b = 0 $$
But for $a,b > -1$, $ab + a + b = (a+1)(b+1) -1 > -1$ since $(a+1), (b+1) > 0$
Therefore, no solution and $f$ is injective on the domain, meaning:
$$ f(a) \neq f(b) $$
**Final answers summarized.**