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Putnam 2024 B3

  • Session B

Let rnr_n be the nnth smallest positive solution to tan⁡x=x\tan x = x, where the argument of tangent is in radians. Prove that 0<rn+1−rn−π<1(n2+n)π0 < r_{n+1} - r_n - \pi < \frac{1}{(n^2+n)\pi} for n≥1n \geq 1.

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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