0:43 abstractly speaking is said
0:49 what is the order of a real number
0:53 inequalities we also saw what is a what
0:58 um
1:01 it's very important stuff introductory
1:16 what exactly it is that we'll be talking
1:18 about in this lecture um
1:20 um
1:23 absolute values okay what is an absolute
1:24 value of a number
1:31 absolute value um
1:49 you want to relate the positive square
1:51 root of a real number with the absolute
1:53 value of that real number is
2:01 important theorem uh mathematics
2:04 the triangle inequality that will be the
2:06 third thing or the last thing we'll see
2:08 at the end of this this lecture introduction
2:15 absolute value absolute value of a real
2:21 definitions
2:23 what is the absolute value of a real
2:25 number definition is the absolute value
2:32 is defined as
2:34 a the absolute value of the real number
2:38 a is equal to a if a is bigger than
2:40 equal to 0 yeah if a is greater than
2:43 equal to 0 or in other words
2:47 it's a positive number
2:51 positive number definition you have over
2:54 here the absolute value of a is equal to
2:58 minus of a or minus of the real number a
3:01 if a happens to be a number less than
3:04 zero any a a negative number so a
3:11 um
3:15 I think it will become very obviously definition
3:21 mathematics something looks difficult
3:23 unless you look at one example and
3:36 they might look difficult but once you
3:38 try them you know you'll see that
3:40 they're very easy
3:44 example what this definition means in
3:46 terms of evaluating the absolute value
3:57 basically I want to Define this or you
4:10 in other words if a real number a
4:13 happens to be greater than or equal to 0.
4:29 a is greater than zero
5:01 absolute value of five equals five
5:04 absolute value of negative 4 over 7 is
5:07 equal to the negative of negative 4 over
5:09 7 which happens to be four over seven or
5:11 three is an example has zero equals
5:24 to evaluate the absolute value of five
5:26 we should probably work with the
5:27 definition right which we just stated definition
5:36 is it a number greater than equal to
5:39 zero or less than zero obviously it's
5:42 greater than or equal to zero by
5:44 definition the absolute value of 5 will
5:46 be just that number itself five that's
5:49 how we defined it
5:53 next example absolute value negative
5:54 four over seven
5:56 by definition
5:59 negative four over seven is less than zero
6:06 we should multiply that number by a
6:07 negative one that's exactly what the
6:22 yeah negative of negative four over
6:24 seven turns out to be positive four over
6:27 seven Okay negative one multiplied by
6:30 negative is always uh positive that's
6:32 how we get the second example or these
6:33 three example three the absolute value
6:43 absolute value of a was defined to be a
6:52 so we just get absolute value of zero
6:54 equals zero so nothing big no big deal
6:56 basically nothing important or nothing
6:59 fancy happening just trivial stuff foreign
8:02 uh just by using the definition
8:04 an absolute value takes a real number
8:19 if you take a real number the negative
8:22 of that real number a is less than equal
8:24 to the absolute value of a and the
8:27 absolute value a of a is less than equal
8:31 to positive a uh it's a cute statement
8:33 inequality I'll let you prove it
8:34 yourself is
9:05 depends on what the value is
9:09 if I say a is a real number don't assume
9:10 automatically that it's a positive
9:12 number just because there's not a
9:15 negative sign alongside with that a uh four
9:21 so what I really mean is plus 4 positive
9:25 four uh it has a a positive number
9:28 minus three so obviously there's a sign
9:29 alongside with that so that will be a
9:31 negative number so really what I'm
9:33 saying when I say negative 3 I'm saying
9:36 positive parenthesis minus three
9:38 so that's how you basically distinguish
9:41 between a positive and a real number uh
9:44 when you're given an abstract variable
9:47 for that number so again
9:49 a is a real number it could be positive
9:52 or negative any don't be tempted to say
9:55 that a is negative if I say a negative a
9:58 uh it may be that the final result is
10:02 positive because if a is negative then
10:05 minus a will be a positive number and if
10:08 a was if I gave you just a by itself and
10:10 here a happens to be a negative number
10:13 then the final result will be a minus a
10:16 or negative number so just a little
10:17 technical point we need to keep in mind
10:20 this is a subtle thing hopefully we'll
10:22 keep it in mind when we talk about
10:24 um absolutely further showed us a point
10:25 in your coffee
10:29 problems so we'll keep that in mind
10:31 Let's do an example example
10:35 involving absolute values
10:37 find the
10:39 um or solve the following equation
10:43 absolute value of x plus 3 is equal to 4.
10:52 X plus 3 equals 4.
10:54 or I would have subtracted three from
10:56 both sides and the result would have
10:58 been x equals one like when you have
11:00 absolute value involved so how do we
11:03 solve this uh looks intimidating like in
11:06 as long as you remember the definition
11:15 first course in calculus so for a long
11:16 time I could not come to terms with
11:18 absolute value definition
11:25 absolute value of a number is always
11:28 positive but when you solve examples you
11:36 absolute value basically gives a
11:37 positive number no matter what the input
11:39 is you should also keep in mind that
11:42 that's an easy way to work with absolute
11:45 value sometimes but when you solve
11:47 equations involving or inequalities
11:49 involving absolute value we have to work
11:52 with the definition of absolute value so
11:55 let's do that so question is solve x
11:57 plus three absolute value equals four so
11:58 let's start solving that here are some steps
12:06 remember that x minus 3 will play the
12:08 role of that real number a in the
12:10 definition so when we use that
12:12 definition we get x minus 3 absolute
12:17 value will equal to just x minus 3 if x
12:19 minus 3 is greater than equal to 0
12:22 and it'll equal to minus of the quantity
12:25 x minus 3 when is
12:28 because the minus goes is multiplying
12:31 the whole quantity x minus 3. and that
12:35 will happen if x minus 3 is less than 0.
12:37 basically by definition of absolute
12:45 and note that this is exactly what will
12:47 happen let's move on
12:49 just by the definition of absolute value
12:52 of a real number what can we say now
12:54 well just by that definition we can say
12:57 that what we have written down on the
12:59 screen and now let's try to solve it we
13:02 have two equations to solve in the first
13:04 part we have that absolute value of x
13:08 minus 3 is equal to quantity x minus 3.
13:11 x minus 3 will equal to 4 in the first
13:14 case or in the second case it will be
13:18 minus of the quantity x minus 3 will
13:23 absolute value of x
13:27 minus 3 should equal 4.
13:29 so working with that let's see if we can
13:30 solve this
13:33 it's very easy in the first case we have
13:36 x minus 3 equals 4 very simple add 3 to
13:40 both sides and you get x equals 7.
13:43 in the second case we have minus of the
13:47 quantity x minus 3 equals 4.
13:50 you multiply throughout the equation
13:52 that's given to you by a negative one to
13:54 simplify things a little bit
13:58 x minus three equals minus four
14:00 and now you just add 3 to both sides
14:02 just like we did before
14:04 x equals
14:09 4 minus 4 plus 3 which is negative 1.
14:12 equation absolute value equation
14:16 x equals seven
14:18 and x equals minus one so you don't know
14:22 uh numbers seven or minus one original inequality
14:23 inequality
14:26 result I will get a true statement
14:28 basically that was a very good example I
14:30 think let's move on and see if we can do
14:36 example here
14:40 the absolute value of 3x minus 2 is
14:42 equal to the absolute value of 5x Plus 4.
14:44 4.
14:47 interesting example equations
14:49 equations
14:58 by itself no absolute value now you have
15:02 to uh absolute value quantities equating
15:04 each other equal to each other so how do
15:05 we tackle this um
15:06 um
15:15 you take the first part which is 3x
15:16 minus 2
15:18 and take three x minus 2 and the
15:20 absolute value and apply the definition
15:23 of absolute value to this quantity or
15:25 then expand it and do all the algebra
15:27 and you'll get it all worked out nicely
15:28 I will let you do that as an exercise
15:31 the student should always have something
15:33 to do so I'll let you do that I'm sure
15:36 you are enjoying uh all this extra work
15:39 I give you uh like in uh I'll make it
15:40 easy for you actually I will show you
15:43 how to do it in a simpler way
15:46 mathematics you want to take shortcuts
15:51 when I was in America I made a
15:54 differential equations he used to say
15:56 that a good mathematician is a lazy
15:58 mathematician so I hope you take that to
16:00 heart and you know use it to good
16:03 purpose we shouldn't get lazy for uh you
16:05 know for wrong purposes but whenever we
16:16 using that let's see if we can actually
16:18 uh I can show you a quick way to do this
16:21 exam this problem uh you know key JK if
16:24 you have uh two numbers uh in the
16:25 absolute value
16:27 and they're equal to each other if the
16:28 absolute value of two numbers is equal
16:30 to each other then those two numbers
16:32 inside the absolute value have to differ
16:34 only in sign
16:37 or they must be equal and if for example
16:40 absolute value of 4 is equal to the
16:43 absolute value of 4 of course and also
16:46 notice that absolute value of 4 is equal
16:59 just by this example also I think it
17:16 to the right hand side quantity in the
17:27 basically what I'm saying is K on the
17:30 screen you'll see right now that
17:33 3x minus 2 is equal to 5x plus 4
17:37 or 3x minus 2 is equal to minus of the
17:40 quantity 5x Plus 4. so this is just the
17:43 same uh you know rule that I followed
17:46 that we just saw earlier with the 4 and
17:48 negative 4.
17:50 we don't have to use the definition of
17:51 absolute value and I'm being a good
17:53 mathematician being a lazy mathematician
18:07 3x minus 5x in the first case first
18:17 so we get 3x minus 5x is equal to four
18:18 plus two uh
18:20 uh
18:22 do the algebra you get or the arithmetic
18:25 you get minus 2X equals six
18:28 of a simply divide both sides by the
18:30 appropriate numbers to get x equals
18:37 similarly next part because I'll leave
18:39 it up to you as an exercise simple
18:42 algebra and I think you can do it like
18:44 in pointy we can appreciate the the idea
18:51 mathematician like can you notice that
18:53 being in being lazy you're actually
18:56 being uh very ingenious and you have to
18:59 do a lot of thinking so I hope you keep
19:00 that in mind when you try to be lazy in
19:13 between the absolute value of a real
19:15 number and the positive square root of a
19:17 real number
19:20 what is a square root and what is the
19:23 positive square root note if I give you
19:37 then the question is K what should B be
19:39 in order to satisfy this above equation
19:52 we have to be careful yeah
19:57 which is minus three
19:59 and that also works because if you
20:02 square minus 3 you also get 9. so so
20:03 basically the point is that every
20:06 positive real number has two square roots
20:15 symbolically we'll say a square root of
20:17 a is
20:24 square root of positive square root of a
20:27 and the negative square root of a um
20:42 the square root of a square
20:52 would I be right in saying that would I
20:55 be correct to say that uh
20:57 let's look at the screen and see what we
20:59 are saying
21:03 square root of a square is a so the
21:05 statement basically is saying that the
21:08 positive square root of the square of a
21:11 number is equal to that number
21:13 but is that correct
21:15 so let's take an example what happens if
21:18 a equals negative 4 well if we take that
21:20 a equals negative 4 and plug it into the
21:22 original equation we have on the screen
21:25 we will get square root the positive
21:28 square root of minus 4 quantity squared
21:31 is equal to the square positive square
21:33 root of 16 which is equal to 4 but that
21:36 is not equal to a remember a was
21:39 negative 4. so this is certainly not a
21:41 true statement I mean there must be
21:42 something wrong with this statement we
21:43 just wrote down which is that the
21:46 positive square root of a square equals a
21:47 a
21:50 maybe we can modify it somehow and see
21:51 if we can get some more information out
21:53 of it so going back to the screen foreign
22:07 for any real number a the positive
22:11 square root of a square is equal to not
22:14 just that number but the absolute value
22:17 of that number a that is for every real
22:19 number a the absolute value of a is
22:22 equal to the positive square root of a square
22:23 square
22:26 root of negative 4
22:28 the positive square root of negative 4
22:30 quantity squared is equal to the
22:33 positive square root of 16 which is
22:36 equal to 4 which is also equal to the
22:38 absolute value of minus 4 by definition
22:40 of absolute value
22:44 that's a true statement
22:47 again it's a technical Point
22:48 um but which is a very important
22:49 technical point it's not just something
22:51 we can you know ignore
22:54 powerful theorem it actually helps us in
22:57 proving many things later on in calculus
23:00 so we'll use this result a lot to find
23:02 the derivative of some function and
23:03 stuff like that is
23:17 and I'll just throw them at you very
23:19 frequently so I hope you don't mind so
23:22 here's another one on the screen
23:24 theorem 1.2.3
23:28 if a and b are real numbers then
23:31 first statement the absolute value of
23:34 negative a is equal to the absolute
23:35 value of a
23:37 H basically they're saying that a number
23:39 and its negative have the same absolute
23:41 value well obviously that's true just by
23:43 you know what we know intuitively about
23:46 absolute value statement number B says
23:49 the absolute value of the product of two
23:51 numbers say we have two numbers a times
23:53 B then we take the absolute value of
23:55 that it's equal to the product of the
23:58 individual absolute values of A and B so
24:00 basically it's saying the absolute value
24:03 of a product is the product of the
24:06 absolute value absolute values and
24:09 statement C says that the if you have
24:10 two real numbers a and b and you divide
24:12 them you take their quotient or they
24:14 take their ratio
24:16 then the absolute value of that ratio is
24:20 going to be the ratio of the individual
24:23 absolute values
24:25 before we try to prove this thing let's
24:27 look at a few examples to understand
24:29 so here's an example of the first statement
24:30 statement
24:34 uh absolute value of negative 4
24:36 is the same thing as the absolutely F4
24:38 we use this result remember to prove
24:41 something else earlier simply to to
24:44 actually solve the equation we earlier
24:53 let's take the example 2 times -3 is
24:56 this the result of that is minus six and
24:57 if I take the absolute value of that I
25:00 get 6 but that is exactly the same thing
25:03 as the product of absolute value of 2
25:05 multiplied applied by the absolute value
25:06 of negative three
25:09 which is 2 times 3 again and the result
25:11 is 6.
25:14 and for part number c let's look at the
25:17 example of the absolute value of 5 over 4.
25:18 4.
25:21 well the absolute value of 5 over 4 is
25:24 first of all just 5 over 4 right but
25:26 remember 5 is the same thing as absolute
25:28 value of 5 and 4 is the same thing as
25:32 absolute value of 4. so we get 5 over 4
25:34 equals absolutely of 5 divided by
25:36 absolute value of 4 which is again just
25:38 equal to five or four so that's also a
25:41 true statement and by example we have
25:43 seen you've gotten a flavor of what that
25:54 okay the absolute value of negative a is
25:55 equal to
25:59 the positive square root of negative a
26:01 squared which is the same as the
26:03 positive square root of a squared but
26:05 that's just equal to the absolute value
26:16 and why we actually use it many times in
26:19 proving other proofs proof of Part B is
26:21 on the screen and I will let you look at
26:23 it and convince yourself of that um
26:41 division by zero is not allowed and if B
26:42 was equal to zero then we'll be in
26:45 trouble so we'll ignore that uh the case
26:53 we'll talk about b or division by zero
27:20 under absolute value so I will get the
27:22 absolute value of a subscript 1
27:25 multiplied by a sub 2 all the way to a
27:28 sub n will equal to the absolute value
27:36 of course it's a true fact I'll let you
27:39 prove it maybe you can use
27:41 Part B of the previous theorem as
27:43 reference and prove this or a core result
27:44 result
27:48 the absolute value of a raised to the
27:50 power n is the same as the absolute
27:53 value of a raised to the power n again
27:54 I'll let you have fun with this and
27:56 prove it yourself
28:04 definition theoretical abstract level
28:07 let's see if we can make it concrete we
28:11 want to look at applications also so uh
28:21 so the absolute value comes in naturally
28:30 absolute value of a number is always
28:31 positive really that's what the absolute
28:41 the absolute value of a number is always
28:43 positive positive and so is the distance
28:52 so when I travel from Lahore I travel
28:55 300 kilometers approximately
28:58 on the car reads 300 kilometers once I
29:01 get to Lahore when I start moving back
29:04 uh towards from Lahore odometer
29:06 odometer
29:10 so again my odometer reads 300.
29:13 I would have my odometer would have read
29:15 600 kilometers by the time I reached Islamabad
29:16 Islamabad
29:20 when I moved back to Islamabad distance
29:23 is measured in positive values always
29:25 there's no such concept of negative and
29:27 there's no reference in terms of
29:34 so again distance is always positive Sim
29:37 similarly so is absolute value and we'll
29:38 see how we can Define distance in terms
29:40 of absolute values so let's see how
29:48 let's define it as say we have two
29:50 points capital A and capital B let's
29:52 call it a and b and the coordinates on
29:56 those two points are the numbers A and B
29:59 small a and small B uh because distance
30:01 is non-negative which is well we said
30:03 it's positive but really it's not
30:06 negative because it may be zero I mean
30:07 if the same if we measure the distance
30:10 between the same point A and A you just
30:12 get the distance as zero so we'll allow
30:15 the fact that distance could be zero and
30:17 so by that keeping that in mind we have
30:19 that the distance between A and B is
30:23 defined as or is going to be B minus a
30:26 if a is less than b it's going to be a
30:29 minus B if a is greater than b
30:31 and it's going to be 0 if the two points
30:34 equal uh to each other which is exactly
30:35 what I said a while ago in the first
30:38 case B minus a is positive so B minus a
30:40 is equal to the absolute value of B
30:41 minus a
30:44 H just by definition right we all know
30:45 that's if you have a positive number the
30:47 absolute value is always positive
30:50 similarly in the second case uh if we
30:53 have where we have a is greater than B B
30:55 minus a would be negative because a is
30:59 greater so a minus B will equal minus of
31:01 B minus a and that just happens to be
31:03 the absolute value again of B minus a
31:05 thus in all cases we have the following result
31:06 result
31:09 theorem 1.2.4 and we call it the
31:12 distance formula we will write it down
31:14 if a and b are points on a coordinate
31:17 line with coordinates A and B small A
31:18 and B
31:21 respectively then the distance between D
31:24 between A and B is defined as D equals
31:27 the absolute value of B minus a
31:29 H this formula all which is actually
31:31 given to you on the screen
31:33 provides a useful geometric
31:34 interpretation of some common
31:50 geometric interpretations being absolute
31:53 value ski your distance is
31:56 convince yourself of these facts and do
31:58 some examples that might be helpful in
32:30 let's do some examples of these let's
32:33 see if we can solve them so here's some
32:45 x minus 3 absolute value less than 4. is
32:55 inequality as uh negative 4 is less than
32:58 x minus 3 quantity and that is less than
33:00 4. we solved an inequality like this in
33:10 if we add three throughout the
33:13 inequality we will be left with X is
33:16 between negative 1 and 7. or that will
33:19 be your solution I mean that exactly is
33:20 going to be your solution to the
33:22 inequality so the numbers between
33:24 negative 1 and 7 are the numbers which
33:26 if you plug into the original inequality
33:29 will satisfy that inequality or make it
33:31 true and you can try that actually and
33:33 the result can also be written as
33:35 interval notation as parentheses
33:37 negative one comma seven results
33:53 I know you're enjoying it so far right
34:02 let's do another example and see uh just
34:04 to make it you know this whole idea much
34:11 my practice is very essential so the
34:13 more you do the more you learn and the
34:16 better you get at math example
34:18 example
34:21 and hopefully you'll get a better grasp
34:22 of the whole idea that we're trying to
34:31 solve the absolute value of x plus 4 is
35:04 first of all X plus 4 is less than or
35:08 equal to negative 2 or X plus 4 is
35:25 inequalities both the top and the bottom
35:28 one then I will get the result X is less
35:31 than or equal to negative 6 or X is
35:33 greater than or equal to minus 2. foreign
36:58 as absolute value of x minus the
36:59 quantity minus 4
37:01 is greater than equal to two
37:03 so is
37:06 the the solution of this inequality
37:10 consists of all X whose distance from
37:21 so this is exactly what this inequality
37:47 but you know it's good to remind
37:56 the triangle inequality very important
37:58 fact very important theorem uh
38:00 Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
38:03 physics make here quantum physics
38:05 so it exactly it's actually a direct
38:28 the absolute value of two real numbers a
38:30 plus b is the same as the absolute value
38:33 of the individual numbers added together
38:37 for example a equals to a b equals minus
38:44 one absolute value of j e which is equal
38:51 any absolute value of a plus the
38:53 absolute value of B so result at the
38:55 absolute value of 2 plus the absolute
38:58 value of minus 3 which is equal to 2
39:07 absolute value of a plus b is equal to
39:09 absolute value of the sum individually
39:11 in the absolute value of a plus the
39:14 absolute value of B in generally it's
39:16 not always true some cases it may be but
39:19 in in general it's not true but what is
39:23 true is the triangle inequality uh
39:38 you know superficially and I'll let you
39:40 work out the details
39:47 uh inequality theorem 1.2.5 triangle
39:51 inequality if a and b are any real
39:53 numbers then the absolute value of a
39:54 plus b
39:57 is less than equal to the absolute value
40:03 of a plus the absolute value of B so is
40:06 this is not always equal it may be equal
40:08 sometimes but in general is less than
40:17 we saw this a lot earlier in this
40:20 lecture that the any given real number a
40:23 is between the negative of its absolute
40:25 value and the positive of its absolute value
40:26 value
40:28 and I hope you convince this of yourself
40:33 of this and you can prove this also if
40:33 you want to uh
40:45 let's consider that we know that the
40:46 negative of the absolute value of a is
40:49 between is less than equal to a and that
40:51 is less than equal to the absolute value
40:52 of a
40:54 and the negative value of a negative
40:56 absolute value of B is less than equal
40:59 to B and that's less than equal to the
41:01 absolute value of B positive 1. if we
41:03 add these two together we get the
41:06 following result it's on the screen I
41:07 will let you work out the details
41:21 since A and B were real numbers adding
41:22 them will also result in a real number
41:25 obviously right well there are two types
41:27 of real numbers what are they
41:29 well either they are bigger than equal
41:32 to zero or they're less than 0. so that
41:35 is why we have that the apps the the sum
41:38 of a plus of A and B A plus b is greater
41:40 than equal to 0 or a plus b is less than 0.
41:48 I hope you can do that and convince
41:50 yourself of this uh
41:54 so the result is that in gen in general
41:57 absolute value of a plus b is less than
41:59 equal to the absolute value of a plus
42:02 the absolute value of B
42:04 so I hope you like this triangle
42:08 inequality I know you have methodology
42:11 it's a well established result it's an
42:13 old proof very important thing so it
42:15 must not be wrong but to convince
42:17 yourself again this is your part as a
42:20 student that you see the result the
42:22 proof and you go over it through it and
42:24 convince yourself by examples or in
43:08 and I hope you appreciated the the nice
43:11 thing about that maybe you don't do it
43:12 right now but eventually you will when
43:14 you see higher and better results in mathematics
43:25 so let's hope that my odometer on my car
43:28 reads 300 actually if I set it to 0 or
43:30 600 total okay
43:34 I'll probably find myself in kohika see