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Integral part of a sum

Source: Romanian TST 2018 Problem 3 Day 4

May 25, 2020
floor functionalgebrainequalities

Problem Statement

Given an integer n2n \geq 2 determine the integral part of the number k=1n11(1+1n)(1+kn) \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \frac {1} {({1+\frac{1} {n}}) \dots ({1+\frac {k} {n})}} - k=1n1(11n)(1kn)\sum_{k=1}^{n-1} (1-\frac {1} {n}) \dots(1-\frac{k}{n})