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Sawtooth Sum Settlement (Posted on 2023-09-17) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Does this relationship hold true for every positive real number n?

{√(1)}+{√(2)}+{√(3)}+...+{√(n2)} ≤ ((n2-1)/12)

• If not, provide an example.
• If so, prove it.

Note: ⌊x⌋ is floor of x, which is the greatest integer less than or equal to x, and: {x} = x-⌊x⌋.

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Some Thoughts evidence Comment 1 of 1
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/gfedi1mdgx

A graph shows the bound itself (in blue) is pretty weak.  I added what appears to be a stronger bound (in purple.)

The function itself shows some interesting structure if you zoom out.


  Posted by Jer on 2023-09-17 11:34:43
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