Inequality with prime

Algebra Level 5

How many prime number p p satisfy the inequality 2 + log 3 p ( 3 p 2 ) > 3 2 \large\left|2+\log_{\frac{3}{p}}(3p^2)\right|>\dfrac{3}{2}


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2 solutions

Condition: p 3 p\ne3 .

If p = 2 p=2 , we have 2 + log 3 p ( 3 p 2 ) = 2 + log 3 2 12 > 2 > 3 2 \left|2+\log_{\frac{3}{p}}(3p^2)\right|=\left|2+\log_{\frac{3}{2}}12\right|>2>\dfrac{3}{2} , satisfied.

If p > 3 p>3 we have: 2 + log 3 p ( 3 p 2 ) > 3 2 \left|2+\log_{\frac{3}{p}}(3p^2)\right|>\dfrac{3}{2}

2 + ln ( 3 p 2 ) ln ( 3 p ) > 3 2 \Leftrightarrow \left|2+\dfrac{\ln(3p^2)}{\ln\left(\dfrac{3}{p}\right)}\right|>\dfrac{3}{2}

2 + ln 3 + 2 ln p ln 3 ln p > 3 2 \Leftrightarrow \left|2+\dfrac{\ln3+2\ln p}{\ln3-\ln p}\right|>\dfrac{3}{2}

3 ln 3 ln 3 ln p > 3 2 \Leftrightarrow \left|\dfrac{3\ln3}{\ln3-\ln p}\right|>\dfrac{3}{2}

ln 3 ln p ln 3 > 1 2 \Leftrightarrow \dfrac{\ln 3}{\ln p-\ln 3}>\dfrac{1}{2}

2 ln 3 > ln p ln 3 \Leftrightarrow 2\ln3>\ln p-\ln3

ln p < 3 ln 3 p < 27 \Leftrightarrow \ln p <3\ln3 \Leftrightarrow p<27

Since p p is a prime and p > 3 p>3 , we get p { 5 ; 7 ; 11 ; 13 ; 17 ; 19 ; 23 } p\in\{5; 7; 11; 13; 17; 19; 23\}

So, there are 8 \boxed{8} primes satisfy the inequality.

Wait, if p= 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, or 23, there is only 7 primes(?)

Duong Dang - 3 years ago
John Gilling
Oct 22, 2015

Cool solution Khang Nguyen Thanh ! I was going to try base changes like you but feared it would be too messy. Instead, I noted that 2 = log 3 p 9 p 2 2=\log_{\frac{3}{p}}{\frac{9}{p^2}} , which simplifies the inside of the absolute value to log 3 p 27 \log_{\frac{3}{p}}{27} . The rest of my analysis was largely the same as yours. Cool problem!

That really simplifies the expression a LOT. Nice!

Chang Jia Geng - 5 years, 5 months ago

Wait, if p= 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, or 23, there is only 7 primes(?)

Duong Dang - 3 years ago

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