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Putnam 2011 B1

  • Session B

Let hh and kk be positive integers. Prove that for every ϵ>0\epsilon > 0, there are positive integers mm and nn such that ϵ<∣hm−kn∣<2ϵ.\epsilon < |h \sqrt{m} - k \sqrt{n}| < 2\epsilon.

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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