Notice that An⊂Z for all n∈N, n≥2.
a) The elements of A2 satisfy the inequalities x−2<2x≤x. By inspection, we obtain A2={−1,0}. The elements of A3 satisfy the inequalities 5x−12<6x≤5x. By inspection, we have A3={−7,−5,−4,−3,−2,0}, so A2∪A3={−7,−5,−4,−3,−2,−1,0}.
b) For n≥4 and x∈An we have x≤(21+31+⋯+n1)x.
From 21+31+⋯+n1>1 we obtain x≥0.
For x,n∈Z and n≥2 we get ⌊nx⌋≥nx−(n−1). Therefore, if n≥4 and x∈An, then
x≥⌊2x⌋+⌊3x⌋+⌊4x⌋≥2x−1+3x−2+4x−3,
implying x≤23. Hence the set A is upper bounded.
Because A⊂{−5,−4,…,23} and 23∈A4, then maxA=23.