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Putnam 2002 B3
Putnam 2002 B3
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March 12, 2012
Putnam
inequalities
logarithms
college contests
Problem Statement
Show that for all integers
n
>
1
n>1
n
>
1
,
1
2
n
e
<
1
e
−
(
1
−
1
n
)
n
<
1
n
e
.
\dfrac {1}{2ne} < \dfrac {1}{e} - \left( 1 - \dfrac {1}{n} \right)^n < \dfrac {1}{ne}.
2
n
e
1
<
e
1
−
(
1
−
n
1
)
n
<
n
e
1
.
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