Problem

Source: IX International Festival of Young Mathematicians Sozopol, Theme for 10-12 grade

Tags: algebra, recurrence relation, recursion



The row $x_1, x_2,…$ is defined by the following recursion $x_1=1$ and $x_{n+1}=x_n+\sqrt{x_n}$ Prove that $\sum_{n=1}^{2018}{\frac{1}{x_n}}<3$.