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Re: Re: which values of m satisfies the inequality

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• Subject: [mg104257] Re: [mg104231] Re: which values of m satisfies the inequality
• From: "David W. Cantrell" <DWCantrell at sigmaxi.net>
• Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:07:20 -0400 (EDT)
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On 24 Oct 2009, at 07:24, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote:
> On 24 Oct 2009, at 15:41, David W. Cantrell wrote:
>> barefoot gigantor <barefoot1980 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> for what value or interval of m (-infinity < m < infinity) the
>>> following is valid
>>>
>>> (1+x)^(m+1) > (1+x^m)* 2^m
>>>
>>> here x >=1
>>
>> I shall assume that you really meant to have strictly x > 1.
>> [That's because, if x = 1, then (1+x)^(m+1) = (1+x^m) * 2^m,
>> regardless of m.]
>>
>> Answer:
>>
>> For x > 1 and m >= -1,
>>
>> (1+x)^(m+1) > (1+x^m) * 2^m
>
> Hmm...
>
> (1 + x)^(m + 1) > (1 + x^m)*2^m /. {x -> 10, m -> 6}
>
>  False
>
Thanks, Andrzej! Yes, I mistakenly left off the upper bound for m.
I should have written:

For x > 1 and -1 <= m < c  where  c = 3.358...,

(1+x)^(m+1) > (1+x^m) * 2^m

[barefoot: If it's important to you to have constant c determined with
greater accuracy, just ask.]

David

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  • Re: which values of m satisfies the inequality
    • From: "David W. Cantrell" <DWCantrell@sigmaxi.net>