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:
$4n^2+4n\lt 4n^2+4n+1\lt 4n^2+8n+4$
$4n(n+1)\lt (2n+2)^2$
$2\sqrt{n(n+1)}\lt 2n+2$
$2n+1+2\sqrt{n(n+1)}\lt 2n+1+2n+2$
$n+n+1+2\sqrt{n(n+1)}\lt 4n+3$
$(\sqrt{n}+\sqrt{n+1})^2\lt 4n+3$
Step 2:
$n\lt n(n+1)$
$2n\lt 2n(n+1)$
$n+n+1+2n\lt n+n+1+2n(n+1)$
$4n+1\lt (\sqrt{n}+\sqrt{n+1})^2$
Step 3:
Combining both steps from 1 and 2 we have:
$4n+1\lt (\sqrt{n}+\sqrt{n+1})^2\lt 4n+3$
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 $\left\lfloor{4n+1}\right\rfloor=\left\lfloor{4n+2}\right\rfloor=\left\lfloor{4n+3}\right\rfloor$ and therefore, we have proved that:
$\left\lfloor{\sqrt{n}+\sqrt{n+1}}\right\rfloor= \left\lfloor{\sqrt{4n+2}}\right\rfloor$, for all $n\in N$.
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