Let , therefore 1 is an upper bound of S. We have to prove that 1 is the least upper bound. Let aa be another upper bound of SS such that a<1. Since 1−a>01−a>0 by Archimedean Property there exist a natural number N0 such that
N0 .
This contradicts that aa is not an uper bound of SS. Hence 11 is the least upper bound of SS consequently
(2) Let . Since , therefore −1 is a lower bound of S. We have to prove that 1 is the gratest upper bound. Let , by Archimedean Property there exist a natural number N0 such that
Now since for every , thus
Similarly we can prove that