Five levels of problems that might appear in books about mathematics

Level 1. Given an explicit object x and an explicit property p(x),prove that p(x) is true.

Level 2. Given an explicit set X and an explicit property p(x),prove that p(x) is true for all x in X.

Level 3. Given an explicit set X and an explicit property p(x),prove or disprove that p(x) is true for all x in X.

Level 4. Given an explicit set X and an explicit property p(x),find a necessary and sufficient condition q(x) that p(x) is true.

Level 5. Given an explicit set X , find an interesting property p(x) of its elements.  

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