# Olympiad Corner #1

$Q1$ If $S_{ n }$ is the sum

$S_{ n }=1+\frac { 1 }{ 2 } +\frac { 1 }{ 3 } +.........+\frac { 1 }{ n } (n>2),\quad prove\quad that\\ n{ (n+1) }^{ \frac { 1 }{ n } }-n<{ S }_{ n }

$Q2$ If $a_{1}$, $a_{2}$, $a_{3}$,........, $a_{n}$ are positive real numbers, prove that

$\sum _{ i

Note by Satyajit Ghosh
5 years, 8 months ago

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2) Direct using AM GM

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Can you show?and what about 1st?

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Apply am gm on a1&a2, a1&a3,...,a1&an,a2&a3........... Add them all

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Thanks I got it

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What about the 1st one?

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Did 2nd on my own

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Did you also use AM-GM?

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Yeah!!

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And first question?

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By using $A.M-G.M$ we get

$\sum_{ω=2}^{ω}\sqrt{a_{1}a_{ω}}\leq(\frac{(n-1)a_{1}+\sum_{ω=2}^{ω}a_{ω})}{2}$

$\sum_{ω=3}^{ω}\sqrt{a_{2}a_{ω}}\leq(\frac{(n-2)a_{2}+\sum_{ω=3}^{ω}a_{ω})}{2}$ . . . $\sqrt{a_{ω-1}a_{ω}}\leq\frac{a_{ω-1}+a_{ω}}{2}$

Adding all above equations we get

$\sum_{I

Hence proved !!!

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Thanks but I got it after the hint was dropped by dev. I wanted the hint for 1st question. Can you give me the hints or provide the solution?

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