MathDB
Problems
Contests
National and Regional Contests
Netherlands Contests
Dutch Mathematical Olympiad
1992 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad
4
weird inequality
weird inequality
Source: Netherlands 1992
June 28, 2009
inequalities
inequalities proposed
Problem Statement
For every positive integer
n
n
n
, we define
n
?
n?
n
?
as 1?\equal{}1 and n?\equal{}\frac{n}{(n\minus{}1)?} for
n
≥
2
n \ge 2
n
≥
2
. Prove that
1992
<
1992
?
<
4
3
1992
.
\sqrt{1992}<1992?<\frac{4}{3} \sqrt{1992}.
1992
<
1992
?
<
3
4
1992
.
Back to Problems
View on AoPS