Find the smallest positive integer $n$ such that \[0< \sqrt[4]{n}-\lfloor \sqrt[4]{n}\rfloor < 0.00001.\]
PEN G Problems
Prove that for any positive integers $ a$ and $ b$ \[ \left\vert a\sqrt{2}-b\right\vert >\frac{1}{2(a+b)}.\]
Prove that there exist positive integers $ m$ and $ n$ such that \[ \left\vert\frac{m^{2}}{n^{3}}-\sqrt{2001}\right\vert <\frac{1}{10^{8}}.\]
Let $a, b, c$ be integers, not all zero and each of absolute value less than one million. Prove that \[\left\vert a+b\sqrt{2}+c\sqrt{3}\right\vert > \frac{1}{10^{21}}.\]
Let $ a, b, c$ be integers, not all equal to $ 0$. Show that \[ \frac{1}{4a^{2}+3b^{2}+2c^{2}}\le\vert\sqrt[3]{4}a+\sqrt[3]{2}b+c\vert.\]
Prove that for any irrational number $\xi$, there are infinitely many rational numbers $\frac{m}{n}$ $\left( (m,n) \in \mathbb{Z}\times \mathbb{N}\right)$ such that \[\left\vert \xi-\frac{n}{m}\right\vert < \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}m^{2}}.\]
Show that $ \pi$ is irrational.
Show that $e=\sum^{\infty}_{n=0} \frac{1}{n!}$ is irrational.
Show that $\cos \frac{\pi}{7}$ is irrational.
Show that $\frac{1}{\pi} \arccos \left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{2003}} \right)$ is irrational.
Show that $\cos 1^{\circ}$ is irrational.
An integer-sided triangle has angles $ p\theta$ and $ q\theta$, where $ p$ and $ q$ are relatively prime integers. Prove that $ \cos\theta$ is irrational.
It is possible to show that $ \csc\frac{3\pi}{29}-\csc\frac{10\pi}{29}= 1.999989433...$. Prove that there are no integers $ j$, $ k$, $ n$ with odd $ n$ satisfying $ \csc\frac{j\pi}{n}-\csc\frac{k\pi}{n}= 2$.
For which angles $ \theta$, with $ \theta$ a rational number of degrees, is $ {\tan}^{2}\theta+{\tan}^{2}2\theta$ is irrational?
Prove that for any $ p, q\in\mathbb{N}$ with $ q > 1$ the following inequality holds: \[ \left\vert\pi-\frac{p}{q}\right\vert\ge q^{-42}.\]
For each integer $n \ge 1$, prove that there is a polynomial $P_{n}(x)$ with rational coefficients such that $x^{4n}(1-x)^{4n}=(1+x)^{2}P_{n}(x)+(-1)^{n}4^{n}$. Define the rational number $a_{n}$ by \[a_{n}= \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{4^{n-1}}\int_{0}^{1}P_{n}(x) \; dx,\; n=1,2, \cdots.\] Prove that $a_{n}$ satisfies the inequality \[\left\vert \pi-a_{n}\right\vert < \frac{1}{4^{5n-1}}, \; n=1,2, \cdots.\]
Suppose that $p, q \in \mathbb{N}$ satisfy the inequality \[\exp(1)\cdot( \sqrt{p+q}-\sqrt{q})^{2}<1.\] Show that $\ln \left(1+\frac{p}{q}\right)$ is irrational.
Show that the cube roots of three distinct primes cannot be terms in an arithmetic progression.
Let $n$ be an integer greater than or equal to 3. Prove that there is a set of $n$ points in the plane such that the distance between any two points is irrational and each set of three points determines a non-degenerate triangle with a rational area.
You are given three lists A, B, and C. List A contains the numbers of the form $10^{k}$ in base 10, with $k$ any integer greater than or equal to 1. Lists B and C contain the same numbers translated into base 2 and 5 respectively: \[\begin{array}{lll}A & B & C \\ 10 & 1010 & 20 \\ 100 & 1100100 & 400 \\ 1000 & 1111101000 & 13000 \\ \vdots & \vdots & \vdots \end{array}.\] Prove that for every integer $n > 1$, there is exactly one number in exactly one of the lists B or C that has exactly $n$ digits.
Prove that if $ \alpha$ and $ \beta$ are positive irrational numbers satisfying $ \frac{1}{\alpha}+\frac{1}{\beta}= 1$, then the sequences \[ \lfloor\alpha\rfloor,\lfloor 2\alpha\rfloor,\lfloor 3\alpha\rfloor,\cdots\] and \[ \lfloor\beta\rfloor,\lfloor 2\beta\rfloor,\lfloor 3\beta\rfloor,\cdots\] together include every positive integer exactly once.
For a positive real number $\alpha$, define \[S(\alpha)=\{ \lfloor n\alpha\rfloor \; \vert \; n=1,2,3,\cdots \}.\] Prove that $\mathbb{N}$ cannot be expressed as the disjoint union of three sets $S(\alpha)$, $S(\beta)$, and $S(\gamma)$.
Let $f(x)=\prod_{n=1}^{\infty} \left( 1 + \frac{x}{2^n} \right)$. Show that at the point $x=1$, $f(x)$ and all its derivatives are irrational.
Let $\{a_{n}\}_{n \ge 1}$ be a sequence of positive numbers such that \[a_{n+1}^{2}= a_{n}+1, \;\; n \in \mathbb{N}.\] Show that the sequence contains an irrational number.
Show that $\tan \left( \frac{\pi}{m} \right)$ is irrational for all positive integers $m \ge 5$.
Prove that if $g \ge 2$ is an integer, then two series \[\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{g^{n^{2}}}\;\; \text{and}\;\; \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{g^{n!}}\] both converge to irrational numbers.
Let $1<a_{1}<a_{2}<\cdots$ be a sequence of positive integers. Show that \[\frac{2^{a_{1}}}{{a_{1}}!}+\frac{2^{a_{2}}}{{a_{2}}!}+\frac{2^{a_{3}}}{{a_{3}}!}+\cdots\] is irrational.
Do there exist real numbers $a$ and $b$ such that $a+b$ is rational and $a^n +b^n $ is irrational for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$ with $n \ge 2$? $a+b$ is irrational and $a^n +b^n $ is rational for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$ with $n \ge 2$?
Let $p(x)=x^{3}+a_{1}x^{2}+a_{2}x+a_{3}$ have rational coefficients and have roots $r_{1}$, $r_{2}$, and $r_{3}$. If $r_{1}-r_{2}$ is rational, must $r_{1}$, $r_{2}$, and $r_{3}$ be rational?
Let $\alpha=0.d_{1}d_{2}d_{3} \cdots$ be a decimal representation of a real number between $0$ and $1$. Let $r$ be a real number with $\vert r \vert<1$. If $\alpha$ and $r$ are rational, must $\sum_{i=1}^{\infty} d_{i}r^{i}$ be rational? If $\sum_{i=1}^{\infty} d_{i}r^{i}$ and $r$ are rational, $\alpha$ must be rational?