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PROBLEM 166

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Define the operation Ý as follows:  kÝ1 = k and inductively kÝ(n+1) = kkÝn, so that kÝn is a tower of exponentiations of the number k taken n times; for example,

Then 2Ý3 < 3Ý2 < 2Ý4 < 3Ý3 < 2Ý5 < 3Ý4.  Is it true that for n > 3, the equation 2Ýn < 3Ý(n-1) < 2Ý(n+1) holds ?

 

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