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$n\in N,n\geq 2$
prove:
$ \sum_{1}^{n}(\dfrac{1}{2n-1}-\dfrac{1}{2n})>\dfrac {2n}{3n+1}$
prove:
$ \sum_{1}^{n}(\dfrac{1}{2n-1}-\dfrac{1}{2n})>\dfrac {2n}{3n+1}$
Albert said:$n\in N,n\geq 2$
prove:
$ \sum_{1}^{n}(\dfrac{1}{2n-1}-\dfrac{1}{2n})>\dfrac {2n}{3n+1}$
very good your answer is correct!anemone said:My solution:
Note that
\(\displaystyle \begin{align*}1-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{5}-\frac{1}{6}\cdots+\frac{1}{2n-1}-\frac{1}{2n}&=1-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{5}-\frac{1}{6}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n-1}-\frac{1}{2n}\\&=\left(1+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n-1}\right)-\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{6}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n}\right)\\&=\left(1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n}\right)-2\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{6}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n}\right)\\&=\left(1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n}\right)-\left(1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{n}\right)\\&=\small\left(1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{n}+\frac{1}{n+1}+\frac{1}{n+2}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n}\right)-\left(1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{n}\right)\\&=\frac{1}{n+1}+\frac{1}{n+2}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n}\end{align*}\)
Therefore
\(\displaystyle \begin{align*}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\left(\dfrac{1}{2n-1}-\dfrac{1}{2n}\right)&=\frac{1}{n+1}+\frac{1}{n+2}+\cdots+\frac{1}{2n}\\&\ge \frac{(\overbrace{1+1+\cdots+1}^{\text{n times}})^2}{n+1+n+2+\cdots+2n}\,\,\text{(by the extended Cauchy-Schwarz inequality)}\\&=\frac{n^2}{\frac{n}{2}\left(n+1+2n\right)}\\&=\frac{2n}{3n+1}\,\,\,\,\text{(Q.E.D.)}\end{align*}\)
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