Proving Suprema Product Property for Bounded Sets A and B

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The discussion centers on proving the Suprema Product Property for bounded sets A and B, specifically demonstrating that (Sup A)(Sup B) = Sup C, where C = {ab | a ∈ A, b ∈ B}. The user attempts to establish this by defining α as Sup A and β as Sup B, leading to inequalities involving ε. The challenge lies in isolating ε in the derived inequalities, indicating a need for a clearer approach to manipulate the supremum definitions effectively.

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A and B are bounded sets. [tex]C = \{ab | a \in A, b \in B\}[/tex]
Show that (Sup A)(Sup B) = Sup C.

I tried to do it as follows,

[tex]\alpha = Sup A \Rightarrow \forall \epsilon > 0, \exists a \in A s.t. \alpha - \epsilon < a[/tex]

[tex]\beta= Sup B \Rightarrow \forall \epsilon > 0, \exists b \in B s.t. \beta - \epsilon < b[/tex]

[tex]\alpha\beta < ab[/tex]

[tex]\alpha\beta - \alpha\epsilon - \beta\epsilon + \epsilon^2 < ab[/tex]

No matter what I set epsilon to, I can't isolate the final epsilon. Any help?
 
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