Let be a positive integer and let and be positive real numbers. Prove that
, 2023
Solution
For we consider the function with for all .
For we have which is equivalent to
For consider the functions with for all , and put . Note that
for all . It follows that
for all and
The desired inequality follows from the inequality
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