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Bernoulli's inequality
Bernoulli's inequality
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October 11, 2005
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inequalities unsolved
1991
Problem Statement
Let
a
=
m
m
+
1
+
n
n
+
1
m
m
+
n
n
a = \frac{m^{m+1} + n^{n+1}}{m^m + n^n}
a
=
m
m
+
n
n
m
m
+
1
+
n
n
+
1
, where
m
m
m
and
n
n
n
are positive integers. Prove that
a
m
+
a
n
≥
m
m
+
n
n
a^m + a^n \geq m^m + n^n
a
m
+
a
n
≥
m
m
+
n
n
.
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