Saturday, June 22, 2019

Basic mathematical induction question.



Prove using induction:




For any natural number n there is a natural number m such that nm22n.




Obviously letting n and m equal 1 satisfies the first part of mathematical induction. I'm stuck at the second part. I believe we assume the inequality holds for n=k but I am stuck on where to go next. I know we have to prove the inequality holds for k+1 but am not sure how to go about that.



Answer



We assume that for k there is an m such that km22k. Now we want to prove there is a p such that k+1p22(k+1). If k+1m2 we can set p=m as a witness as 2(k+1)>2k. If k+1>m2 we have k=m2 so k+1=m2+1<(m+1)2=m2+2m+1=k+1+2m2(k+1) as long as mk+1, which is always true when k=m2


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