Simplify $2(x^8+y^8+z^8)-(x^4+y^4+z^4)^2$.
Please don't be tempted by the temptation to expand the second term as it will lead to headache and no closer to the answer of the more simplified form:
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Prove $\large 1000!^{\frac{1}{1000}}>999!^{\frac{1}{999}}$.
Prove $\large 1000!^{\frac{1}{1000}}>999!^{\frac{1}{999}}$.
This inequality would be easy to prove if one uses the more advance knowledge, like Stirling's formula where it states when $n\rightarrow \infty$ then we have $n!\approx \dfrac{n^n}{e^n}\sqrt{2\pi n}$.
But, elementary method works well too in this problem.
This inequality would be easy to prove if one uses the more advance knowledge, like Stirling's formula where it states when $n\rightarrow \infty$ then we have $n!\approx \dfrac{n^n}{e^n}\sqrt{2\pi n}$.
But, elementary method works well too in this problem.
Monday, September 14, 2015
Hard Inequality Problem
Let $x,\,y,\,z$ be real numbers such that $6x+2y+3z=12+xyz$.
Prove that $(x^2+1)(y^2+9)(z^2+4)\ge 144$.
Note that
$(x^2+1)(y^2+9)(z^2+4)-(6x+2y+3z-xyz)^2$
Prove that $(x^2+1)(y^2+9)(z^2+4)\ge 144$.
Note that
$(x^2+1)(y^2+9)(z^2+4)-(6x+2y+3z-xyz)^2$
Friday, September 11, 2015
Prove that: ⌊√(n)+√(n+1)⌋=⌊√(4n+2)⌋, for all positive integer n.
Prove that: $\left\lfloor{\sqrt{n}+\sqrt{n+1}}\right\rfloor= \left\lfloor{\sqrt{4n+2}}\right\rfloor$, for all $n\in N$.
My solution:
Step 1:
Note that:
$4n^2+4n\lt 4n^2+4n+1\lt 4n^2+8n+4$
My solution:
Step 1:
Note that:
$4n^2+4n\lt 4n^2+4n+1\lt 4n^2+8n+4$
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Prove that: $⌊√n+1/(√n+√(n+2))⌋=⌊√n⌋$, for all $n\in N$.
Prove that: $\left\lfloor{\sqrt{n}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n}+\sqrt{n+2}}}\right\rfloor= \left\lfloor{\sqrt{n}}\right\rfloor$, for all $n\in N$.
My solution:
Step 1:
First, note that the expression inside the floor function on the left can be rewritten such that we have:
My solution:
Step 1:
First, note that the expression inside the floor function on the left can be rewritten such that we have:
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Without the help of calculator, evaluate $\sqrt[8]{10828567056280801}$.
Without the help of calculator, evaluate $\sqrt[8]{10828567056280801}$.
This might look like there will be a lot of guessing before getting the right answer. But, if you toy around with the figure $10828567056280801$, it's not hard to see we could rewrite it so that we have:
$10828567056280801$
This might look like there will be a lot of guessing before getting the right answer. But, if you toy around with the figure $10828567056280801$, it's not hard to see we could rewrite it so that we have:
$10828567056280801$
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Prove $\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}\gt \pi$
Prove $\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}\gt \pi$.
Note that we could use the previously established result from the famous people or even our own finding to construct for the future conjectures and hence argument to help us in determining the plot that we are going to use to solve the new problem at hand, that is one of the very good traits of highly proficient problem solver.
Note that we could use the previously established result from the famous people or even our own finding to construct for the future conjectures and hence argument to help us in determining the plot that we are going to use to solve the new problem at hand, that is one of the very good traits of highly proficient problem solver.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Classic proof: $\dfrac{22}{7}\gt \pi$
Prove $\dfrac{22}{7}\gt \pi$.
There is a very classic and elegant proof for this inequality involving $\pi$ and its fraction representative $\dfrac{22}{7}$.
It's using the graphical and integration method to prove $\dfrac{22}{7}\gt \pi$.
There is a very classic and elegant proof for this inequality involving $\pi$ and its fraction representative $\dfrac{22}{7}$.
It's using the graphical and integration method to prove $\dfrac{22}{7}\gt \pi$.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Develep the power of observation
If you're given the two graphs that are plotted in the same Cartesian plane below, what do you notice?
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