It is well known that ln 2 < ln 3 . Which of the following is bigger:
[ ln ( ln 2 ) ] 2 or [ ln ( ln 3 ) ] 2 ?
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Oh wow, that's a very nice way to show it!
This has got to be one of the better solutions on this site.
3/4 and 4/3?
Wow. BRILLIANT!
This solution was based on the assumption that ln refers to lo g base 10.
0 < ln(2)<ln(3) < 1 Let ln(2)=a
ln(3)=b
Then ln(a)>ln(b) ( as ln(x) is decreasing function b/w 0 and 1)
Thus ln(a)^2>ln(b)^2
Wrong. ln x is strictly increasing in its entire domain and btw ln(3) >1.
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Sorry. Silly mistake. Took it as log. My bad
Ln is always increasing. In fact its because a<b<0 => a^2 > b^2 > 0 that let as conclude. ( in this case ln(ln(2)) < ln(ln(3))<0 => [ ln(ln(2)) ]^2 > [ ln(ln(3)) ]^2
In(In 2)^2 = 0.13433 and In (In 3)^2 = 0.00884 so In(In 2)^2 is greater than In(In3)^2
For those who are doing it with calculators. Quizzes aren't done by calculators, they test your thinking and numerical "analysis" not computing. So please stop computing.
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Using trapezoids, we see that ln 2 = ∫ 1 2 t d t < 4 3 and ln 3 < 3 4 . Thus ln 3 < ( ln 2 ) − 1 and ln ln 3 < − ln ln 2 . Since ln ln 3 > 0 , we can square both sides to find that ( ln ln 3 ) 2 < ( ln ln 2 ) 2