MathDB
Problems
Contests
Undergraduate contests
Putnam
1953 Putnam
A1
Putnam 1953 A1
Putnam 1953 A1
Source: Putnam 1953
July 16, 2022
Putnam
Inequality
square root
Problem Statement
Prove that for every positive integer
n
n
n
2
3
n
n
<
1
+
2
+
…
+
n
<
4
n
+
3
6
n
.
\frac{2}{3} n \sqrt{n} < \sqrt{1} + \sqrt{2} +\ldots +\sqrt{n} < \frac{4n+3}{6} \sqrt{n}.
3
2
n
n
<
1
+
2
+
…
+
n
<
6
4
n
+
3
n
.
Back to Problems
View on AoPS