Counterexample for simple statement

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I am refreshing my math skills by reading through one of my math books: Mathematik, the second edition.

In Exercise 2.8, one question was if

$\forall (x,z) \in \mathbb{R}^2 \,\, \exists y \in \mathbb{R}:x\cdot y = z $

is a true statement. In the solution, it says it is not.

Can someone give me a counterexample, since I can not come up with one?

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Hint: take $x=0$. What can you say about $x \cdot y$?