Prove that the rational numbers do not satisfy the least upper bound axiom. In particular, if...

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Prove that the rational numbers do not satisfy the least upperbound axiom. In particular, if a subset (S) of the rational numbersis bounded above and M is the set of all rational upper bounds ofS, then M may not have a least element.

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