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37th Iranian Mathematical Olympiad

Iran algebra

Problem

For every positive integer prove that there exists a real number such that for every positive integer :
Solution
Take a sufficiently large () and put . Note that Because and the remaining terms of are all integers. Now if such that , we have two cases:

Case 1 .

Case 2 . Therefore,

Techniques

Floors and ceilingsPolynomial operationsAlgebraic properties of binomial coefficientsSums and products