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Re: need a hand ordering functions

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  • Subject: [mg16666] Re: [mg16566] need a hand ordering functions
  • From: wself at viking.emcmt.edu (Will Self)
  • Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:54:12 -0500
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`WeDge <money00 at angelfire.com>  wrote:

>ok, any help with this would be appreciated heaps.
>The problem is, i have have six functions
>
>1)  n log n
>2)  n^8                   (n to the power of eight)
>3)  n^1+a               (n to the power of one plus a)
>4)  (1+a)^n             (one plus a to the power of n)
>5)  n^2 / logn          (n squared over log n)
>6)  (n^2 - n+1)^4   (n squared minus n plus one to the power of four)
>
>now using the relations "proper subset" and "equals" i have to put the
>above into a sequence where "a" is the arbitrary real constant, 0<a<1.
>
>I know that te 4th function is the largest and
>that the 2nd and 6th functions should be the same size
>after that i'm stuck to be honest. If anyone could give me a hand with
>this, I would be really gratefull.
>
>Thanks

I believe that there is a pretty clearly established agreement not
to do people's homework.  This question is not for the Mathematica
group anyway.

Will Self


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