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Algebra Difficulty 6.0 National olympiad Prove it Vietnam

a) Let (an)(a_n) be a sequence defined by an=ln(2n2+1)ln(n2+n+1)a_n = \ln(2n^2 + 1) - \ln(n^2 + n + 1) for all positive integers nn. Prove that there are finite values of nn such that {an}<12\{a_n\} < \frac{1}{2}.

b) Let (bn)(b_n) be a sequence defined by bn=ln(2n2+1)+ln(n2+n+1)b_n = \ln(2n^2 + 1) + \ln(n^2 + n + 1) for all positive integers nn. Prove that there are infinite values of nn such that {bn}<12016\{b_n\} < \frac{1}{2016}.

Solution

a.
It is obvious that 12n2+1n2n+121 \le \frac{2n^2 + 1}{n^2 - n + 1} \le 2 for all nZ+n \in \mathbb{Z}^+. Hence, 0anln2<10 \le a_n \le \ln 2 < 1 and an=0\lfloor a_n \rfloor = 0. It follows that {an}=an\{a_n\} = a_n and
limn{an}=limnan=limnln2n2+1n2+n+1=ln2. \lim_{n \to \infty} \{a_n\} = \lim_{n \to \infty} a_n = \lim_{n \to \infty} \ln \frac{2n^2 + 1}{n^2 + n + 1} = \ln 2.
Therefore, there exists a positive integer n0n_0 such that
{an}>ln212016,nn0. \{a_n\} > \ln 2 - \frac{1}{2016}, \forall n \ge n_0.
Then by direct calculation, it deduces that for n>n0n > n_0,
{an}=an>ln212016>12. \{a_n\} = a_n > \ln 2 - \frac{1}{2016} > \frac{1}{2}.

b.
limn(bnbn1)=limnln(2n2+1)(n2+n+1)(2n24n+3)(n2n+1)=0. \lim_{n \to \infty} (b_n - b_{n-1}) = \lim_{n \to \infty} \ln \frac{(2n^2 + 1)(n^2 + n + 1)}{(2n^2 - 4n + 3)(n^2 - n + 1)} = 0.
Back to our problem, assume that there exists finite values of nn that {bn}<12016\{b_n\} < \frac{1}{2016}. It follows that there exists a positive integer n0n_0 that {bn}12016\{b_n\} \ge \frac{1}{2016} for all nn. Because limn(bnbn1)=0\lim_{n \to \infty} (b_n - b_{n-1}) = 0, it implies that there exists a positive integer n1n_1 that
bnbn1<12016 b_n - b_{n-1} < \frac{1}{2016}
for all nn1n \ge n_1. Because (bn)(b_n) is an increasing sequence and limnbn=+\lim_{n \to \infty} b_n = +\infty, it follows that there exists infinite values of n>max{n0,n1}n > \max\{n_0, n_1\} which [bn][bn1]=1[b_n] - [b_{n-1}] = 1. Consider such values of nn, by the above inequality, we obtain
[bn][bn1]+{bn}{bn1}<12016 [b_n] - [b_{n-1}] + \{b_n\} - \{b_{n-1}\} < \frac{1}{2016}
or
{bn1}>{bn}+20152016 \{b_{n-1}\} > \{b_n\} + \frac{2015}{2016}
Notice that {bn}12016\{b_n\} \ge \frac{1}{2016}, thus {bn1}>1\{b_{n-1}\} > 1. This contradiction finishes the given problem. \square

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