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  • Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024

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  • @pojuantsalo3475
    @pojuantsalo3475 3 месяца назад +32

    The solution in this video is genius! I am astonished! I would have never figured this out.

  • @LnlyCloud
    @LnlyCloud 3 месяца назад +32

    I found what I think is an easier way to prove the LHS. Take the number A, and multiply it by 1999. We now have (1/2 * 3/4 * ... * 1997/1998) * 1999. However, we can rearrange these fractions by shifting each numerator to the left (and dividing by 1 to get an extra denominator). So we have 1/1 * (3/2 * 5/4 * 7/6 * ... * 1999/1998). We can remove the factor of 1/1 to get just 3/2 * 5/4 * ... * 1999/1998. This number, 1999A, is made up of factors which are all greater than 1. Therefore 1999A > 1, and A > 1/1999

    • @timirbiswas3834
      @timirbiswas3834 3 месяца назад +3

      Yes..very nicely done.

    • @benkahtan6802
      @benkahtan6802 2 месяца назад +1

      Clever!

    • @Grecks75
      @Grecks75 2 месяца назад +3

      Nice. I think it's pretty much the same as what Newtons did. Whether you multiply A by a number 0 < B < 1 to get exactly AB = 1/1999, or you multiply A by 1999 to get some C=1999A > 1 is essentially the same. We have the correspondence C=1/B that links both arguments.

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs 3 месяца назад +65

    Never stop learning because those who stop learning have stopped living is good advice.

    • @butch2kow549
      @butch2kow549 3 месяца назад +1

      I liked your comment, " Never stop learning .... living."

    • @sciphyskyguy4337
      @sciphyskyguy4337 3 месяца назад +5

      It works in the other direction, too. “Those that stop living stop learning.” 😀 It’s commutative!

    • @leonardobarrera2816
      @leonardobarrera2816 3 месяца назад +2

      I don’t know how many years you have been studying
      But in my case is until at one point, not all the life
      A true story that I lived

    • @michaelbujaki2462
      @michaelbujaki2462 3 месяца назад +1

      That explains why dumb people seem immortal; they never started living in the first place.

  • @Grecks75
    @Grecks75 2 месяца назад +4

    @Prime Newtons: In the description you asked us to verify whether your method is sufficient for a proof. Yes, it absolutely is, I find it very conclusive, clear and easy to follow. It doesn't raise any questions for me. Thanks for showing! ❤

  • @butch2kow549
    @butch2kow549 3 месяца назад +3

    Excellent video. I liked your comment, the number is 44.something. Students should know the number sense short-cut for numbers
    ending on 5. Also, I liked your approach to the solution of the problem.

  • @lorrainefigueroa4624
    @lorrainefigueroa4624 3 месяца назад +1

    I love when he looks at the camera, knowing you see it too! I love these videos!!!

  • @oscarcastaneda5310
    @oscarcastaneda5310 3 месяца назад +2

    Very Creative,
    Thanks for sharing this way of looking at things : )

  • @waterlord6969
    @waterlord6969 3 месяца назад +7

    Thanks! Very informative ❤

  • @apnakaamkrelala
    @apnakaamkrelala 3 месяца назад +15

    6:22 the look man 👽

  • @ThePhotonMan110
    @ThePhotonMan110 3 месяца назад +1

    Massive congratulations for reaching 200k subs!

  • @benkahtan6802
    @benkahtan6802 2 месяца назад

    Really elegant solution. Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @martinmonath9541
    @martinmonath9541 3 месяца назад +1

    Beautiful concise solution.

  • @rakeshkalshan2302
    @rakeshkalshan2302 3 месяца назад +4

    Sir your video's are great ❤

  • @tessfra7695
    @tessfra7695 3 месяца назад +4

    Elegant.......thank you.

  • @guidichris
    @guidichris 3 месяца назад +6

    Great video. Update for 2024, and you end up with 1/2025 and 1/45 on the bounds.

  • @baidonchandipo2804
    @baidonchandipo2804 2 месяца назад

    This guy is awesome and enjoyable to watch

  • @joseluishablutzelaceijas928
    @joseluishablutzelaceijas928 3 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for the video and the nice solution. My solution was a bit different: As I like proving inequalities and my eye is therefore trained for recognizing expression where e.g. AM-GM can be applied, I obtained the RHS through 1*3*5*...*1995*1997 = sqrt(1*3)*sqrt(3*5)*sqrt(5*7)*...*sqrt(1995*1997)*sqrt(1997) < 2*4*6*...*1996*sqrt(1997) = 2*4*6*...*1996*1998*sqrt(1997)/1998, and sqrt(1997)/1998 < 1/44 as 44^2=1936 and therefore 1997*1936 < 1998^2. For the LHS I observed that 2 < 3, 4 < 5, 6 < 7, ... and 1998 < 1999, if one thus multiplies all these inequalities, one obtains 2*4*6*...*1998 < 3*5*7*...*1999, which is equivalent to the LHS.

  • @CasiMediocre
    @CasiMediocre 3 месяца назад +3

    Never knew that there were other right-handed people who start drawing the digit "8" going right and down instead of left and down

    • @deyesed
      @deyesed 3 месяца назад

      I go right and up

    • @Grecks75
      @Grecks75 2 месяца назад

      I do too, go right and down. Very peculiar I find the way he draws the "9". 😃

  • @cret859
    @cret859 3 месяца назад +7

    Nice explanations as always. I like this chanel.
    At the end, instead of the "44.something" trick. We may have notice that 44²=1936.
    Knowing that 1/1999 < 1/1936, from the inéquation A² < 1/1999 we get A² < 1/1999 < 1/1936 that lead to A < 1/44. No need to extract any square root.

    • @robertveith6383
      @robertveith6383 3 месяца назад +3

      If you "may have noticed that 44^2 = 1936," *then you are indirectly estimating a square root!*

    • @cret859
      @cret859 3 месяца назад +2

      @@robertveith6383 You right, I correct my comment.
      Computing the square of 44 is much easier than extracting the square root from 1999. Sorry my for my English

  • @ionelpatriche6866
    @ionelpatriche6866 2 месяца назад

    Felicitari,pentru solutie!

  • @camilotiznado5325
    @camilotiznado5325 3 месяца назад

    excellent channel!

  • @miniong360
    @miniong360 3 месяца назад

    Bravo! Keep these videos coming, bro.

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs 3 месяца назад +4

    A^2

  • @michaelz2270
    @michaelz2270 3 месяца назад

    For the first part you can use 3/4 > 2/3, 5/6 > 3/4, 7/8 > 4/5, and so on, to get that A > 1/2 *2/3 * 3/4 *... * 998/999 = 1/999 which is larger than 1/1999.

  • @michaelbujaki2462
    @michaelbujaki2462 3 месяца назад

    The engineer's solution: Open spreadsheet.
    A1 = 1. B1 = 2. C1 = A1/B2.
    A2 = A1+2. B2 = B1+2. C2 = A1/B2*C1.
    Copy A2, B2 and C2 and paste them from A3 to C999.
    Observe that 1/1999 < C999 < 1/44.
    Your way is much more interesting.

  • @mybarca8083
    @mybarca8083 7 дней назад

    You can also make direct comparison: 1/1999 < 1/2 * 2/4 * 4/6 *...... 1994/1996 *1996/1998 = 1/1998 < 1/2 * 3/4 *....... 1997/1998 because each Multiple is bigger -> by transitivity it is correct
    Similarly for other part of the given exercise

  • @downrightcyw
    @downrightcyw 3 месяца назад +1

    44.something (Can we write that in examination ?)

  • @slavinojunepri7648
    @slavinojunepri7648 3 месяца назад

    Magnificent solution

  • @makehimobsessedwithyou6412
    @makehimobsessedwithyou6412 3 месяца назад

    very interesting problem

  • @Xebtria
    @Xebtria 2 месяца назад

    12:00
    I know it ends up being correct, but the reasoning does not 100% satisfy me.
    from that reasoning alone we can argue that sqrt 1999 is less than 45, that is clear, but I do not know what it is. it could be 43 or 42 or whatever. as a result, 1/43.something or 1/42.something would definitely be bigger than 1/44, so that would make the proof false. we need the additional square of 44 (which is 1936) to conclude that sqrt 1999 MUST actually be 44.something (because 1936 < 1999 < 2025, therefore sqrt 1999 is between 44 and 45, and therefore 44.something.
    and with that, the rest of the argument works just fine.
    TL;DR: I think the square of 44 (1936) needs to be mentioned in the proof to make it complete and unambiguous

    • @Grecks75
      @Grecks75 2 месяца назад +1

      Technically you are correct, but it seemed too obvious to me to say something about it.

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    @AmlanSarkar-wr2pr 3 месяца назад +1

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  • @satrajitghosh8162
    @satrajitghosh8162 3 месяца назад

    Bit of work gives the term at the middle (between two inequality sign) is (1998)! /( (2 ^999) (999)!) ^2
    =( 1998_C_999) /(2 ^1998)
    Again 2n_C_n / 2 ^ (2 n)
    is nearly equal to
    ( 2n/e) ^ (2n) /( n^(2n))
    * √ ( 4 π n) /(2 π n) /( 2 ^ (2 n))
    = 1 /√ (π n)
    Now 1/ √ ( π * 1998) = 1/80
    Since 1/9999 < 1/(80)

  • @kianushmaleki
    @kianushmaleki 3 месяца назад

    ❤️

  • @maburwanemokoena7117
    @maburwanemokoena7117 3 месяца назад

    I don’t know how I’ll solve this but I think i’ll just log everything and turn it into a summation. Let’s see how he solves it!

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs 3 месяца назад +14

    I did it in my head.

    • @davidbrisbane7206
      @davidbrisbane7206 3 месяца назад +4

      I did it in your head 😂.

    • @robertveith6383
      @robertveith6383 3 месяца назад +3

      Produce your work in a thread. "I did it in my head" does not count.

    • @timirbiswas3834
      @timirbiswas3834 3 месяца назад +3

      Soon you will get into headache and then you will become the cause of other people's headache. Then you will say I have solved it in my tail which is my ancestors' property.

    • @GrifGrey
      @GrifGrey 3 месяца назад +1

      me too!

    • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
      @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs 3 месяца назад

      2
      101=
      27318619677157413541998666579156061420147177666088128046591030596082725294498066722338505744902120368830900788923839991099564447458450075226030128555294655577015766113909738825769262480452415909200510101
      =101^101

  • @daboffey
    @daboffey 3 месяца назад

    Expression = 1999! / (999! × 2 ^ 999)^2, which is approx. 0.0178.

    • @Grecks75
      @Grecks75 2 месяца назад

      LOL 🤣You didn't consider this a solution, or did you? I mean, you could have just written 1/2 * 3/4 * 5/6 * ... * 1997/1998 is approximately 0.0178.
      By the way, note that the factorial expression given by you is _not_ correct, it must be 1998! / (2^999 * 999!)^2. Which in turn means that your factorial expression can never be 0.0178..., because it is actually larger by a factor of 1999. So how did you calculate it?
      This still leaves two questions:
      1) What exactly do you mean by "approximately"? (Since -1,000 is also in the proximity if you ask me.) and
      2) Can you prove the stated proximity to 0.0178? (This means to give a conclusive logical reasoning for it instead of referring to some unknown, dubious electronic device as an authority.)
      Oh, wait, this was actually the problem to be solved.

  • @aaryavbhardwaj6967
    @aaryavbhardwaj6967 3 месяца назад

    Hi can anyone pls twll me that why
    Integral of tanx= ln|sec x|+C
    But shouldn't integral of tanx = -ln|cos x|

    • @Jeremy-i1d
      @Jeremy-i1d 3 месяца назад +1

      Yes but the two answers are the same because of the log power law: - ln cos = ln cos^-1 = ln sec

  • @Mathskylive
    @Mathskylive 3 месяца назад +1

    Có cách khác không

  • @Grecks75
    @Grecks75 2 месяца назад +1

    Before watching: I found a much stronger inequality for the given product P that goes like this: 1/56.04 < 1/sqrt(999.5*pi) < P < 1/sqrt(999*pi) < 1/56.02. It is based on (an interesting relation with) the Wallis product.

  • @para_san
    @para_san 3 месяца назад +4

    "Those who stop learning, stop living" black screen, video over, no more learning, no more living

  • @Mathskylive
    @Mathskylive 3 месяца назад

    Hay quá

  • @baconboyxy
    @baconboyxy 3 месяца назад

    Im assuming this is no calculator, but my immediate instinct is just to do this in python nevertheless lol

    • @ronaldjensen2948
      @ronaldjensen2948 3 месяца назад

      numA = range(1, 1998, 2)
      num, den = 1, 1
      for i in numA:
      num *= i
      den *= i+1
      print('{} < {} < {}'.format(1/1999, num/den, 1/44))
      # 0.0005002501250625312 < 0.017847935113411026 < 0.022727272727272728

    • @baconboyxy
      @baconboyxy 3 месяца назад

      @@ronaldjensen2948 pretty much the same thing I did. Using .format instead of an f string hurts me tho lol

  • @souverain1er
    @souverain1er 3 месяца назад

    Nice

  • @carpediem3420
    @carpediem3420 3 месяца назад

    재밌다... 이해하기 쉬워서 그런가 ㅋㅋ

  • @davidmexicotte9862
    @davidmexicotte9862 3 месяца назад

    nice

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs 3 месяца назад +1

    A

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs 3 месяца назад +2

    AB=1/1999

  • @Sleepystranger
    @Sleepystranger 3 месяца назад

    f(x) = x / f'(x)

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs 3 месяца назад +1

    A^2

  • @michelebrun613
    @michelebrun613 24 дня назад +1

    First inequality 1/1999

  • @SanePerson1
    @SanePerson1 3 месяца назад

    I used a similar trick of inserting numbers between the factors given, except I elected to use 2/2, 4/4, 6/6, ...1998/1998. If N is the numerator and D is the denominator of the original 999 term mystery number, the mystery number can than be expressed as N/D = N•D/D², but also it is 1998!/2¹⁹⁹⁸•(999!)². So I was looking at comparing the binomial coefficient of 1998 choose 999, 1998!/(999!)², multiplied by 1/2¹⁹⁹⁸. Unfortunately, I was then tempted by Stirling's approximation: N! ≈ √(2πN)(N/e)^N. It should work, but the method shown here is so simple and more elementary.

  • @hazalouldi7130
    @hazalouldi7130 3 месяца назад

    we must prove that A

    • @robertveith6383
      @robertveith6383 3 месяца назад

      Your post is wrong! I don't know why you think it is correct without the needed grouping symbols: n ÷ (n + 1) < (n + 1) ÷ (n + 2). Or, write it this way: n/(n + 1) < (n + 1)/(n + 2).

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs 3 месяца назад

    1/Sqrt[1999]=Sqrt[1999]/1999