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B4
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Putnam 1986 B4
Source:
8/5/2019
For a positive real number
r
r
r
, let
G
(
r
)
G(r)
G
(
r
)
be the minimum value of
∣
r
−
m
2
+
2
n
2
∣
|r - \sqrt{m^2+2n^2}|
∣
r
−
m
2
+
2
n
2
∣
for all integers
m
m
m
and
n
n
n
. Prove or disprove the assertion that
lim
r
→
∞
G
(
r
)
\lim_{r\to \infty}G(r)
lim
r
→
∞
G
(
r
)
exists and equals
0.
0.
0.
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