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Print37th 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,
Case 1 .
Case 2 . Therefore,
Techniques
Floors and ceilingsPolynomial operationsAlgebraic properties of binomial coefficientsSums and products