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BMO 2015 #4: 20 consecutive integers

Source: BMO 2015 problem 4

May 5, 2015
combinatoricsnumber theoryBMO 2015

Problem Statement

Prove that among 2020 consecutive positive integers there is an integer dd such that for every positive integer nn the following inequality holds
nd{nd}>52n \sqrt{d} \left\{n \sqrt {d} \right \} > \dfrac{5}{2} where by {x}\left \{x \right \} denotes the fractional part of the real number xx. The fractional part of the real number xx is defined as the difference between the largest integer that is less than or equal to xx to the actual number xx.
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