Friday, September 11, 2015

Prove that: ⌊√(n)+√(n+1)⌋=⌊√(4n+2)⌋, for all positive integer n.

Prove that: n+n+1=4n+2, for all nN.

My solution:

Step 1:

Note that:

4n2+4n<4n2+4n+1<4n2+8n+4

4n(n+1)<(2n+2)2

2n(n+1)<2n+2

2n+1+2n(n+1)<2n+1+2n+2

n+n+1+2n(n+1)<4n+3

(n+n+1)2<4n+3

Step 2:

n<n(n+1)

2n<2n(n+1)

n+n+1+2n<n+n+1+2n(n+1)

4n+1<(n+n+1)2

Step 3:

Combining both steps from 1 and 2 we have:

4n+1<(n+n+1)2<4n+3

Step 4:

This is the most important progress that could let us finish the problem beautifully.

Note that 4n+1 and 4n+3 are neither square at the same time, thus we have 4n+1=4n+2=4n+3 and therefore, we have proved that:

n+n+1=4n+2, for all nN.

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