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I can do right hand.
\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\left\lfloor\dfrac{n}{3^k}\right\rfloor\le \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{n}{3^k}=\dfrac{n}{2}
But how to solve left hand?
Answer
0\leq \frac{n}{3^k}-\left\lfloor\frac{n}{3^k}\right\rfloor\leq 1
and the number of non-zero terms of the sum is bounded by 1+\log_3(n), hence:
\begin{eqnarray*} \sum_{k=1}^{+\infty}\left\lfloor\frac{n}{3^k}\right\rfloor=\sum_{k=1}^{\left\lceil\log_3(n)\right\rceil}\left\lfloor\frac{n}{3^k}\right\rfloor&\geq& -(1+\log_3(n))+\sum_{k=1}^{\left\lceil\log_3(n)\right\rceil}\frac{n}{3^k}\\&\geq&\frac{n}{2}-(1+\log_3(n))-\sum_{k>\left\lceil \log_3(n)\right\rceil}\frac{n}{3^k}\\&\geq&\frac{n}{2}-2\log(n)\end{eqnarray*}
for any n big enough.
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