A note on a conjecture of L. J. Mordell

Malcolm, Michael A.

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1971-0284395-8

A note on a conjecture of L. J. Mordell
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Math. Comp. 25 (1971), 375-377 Request permission

Abstract:

A computer proof is described for a previously unsolved problem concerning the inequality $\sum \nolimits _{i = 1}^n {{x_i}/({x_{i + 1}} + {x_{i + 2}}) \geqq n/2}$.

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