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 May 16th, 2016, 08:07 AM #1 Newbie   Joined: May 2016 From: New York Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Prove (or check) the expression is positive given constraints on variables? The following proof problem have taken me a few days. Perhaps it is too hard for me to overcome it. Can you help me? The expression is by the following: \begin{split} &2\,x{c}^{x-1}\ln \left( c \right) -{2}^{x}\ln \left( 2 \right) +{c}^ {x}\ln \left( c \right) +{c}^{x}{2}^{x}\ln \left( 2 \right) -x{2}^{x }\ln \left( 2 \right) +2\,{x}^{2}{c}^{x-1}\ln \left( c \right) -{c}^ {x}\ln \left( c \right) {x}^{2}\\ &-{c}^{x}\ln \left( c \right) {2}^{x}+ 2\,{c}^{x-1}+{2}^{x}-2\,{c}^{x}+{c}^{x}\ln \left( c \right) x{2}^{x}- 2\,x{c}^{x-1}\ln \left( c \right) {2}^{x}-{c}^{x}x{2}^{x}\ln \left( 2 \right) \\ &+2\,x{c}^{x-1}{2}^{x}\ln \left( 2 \right) +{c}^{x}{2}^{x}-2 \,{c}^{x-1}{2}^{x}, \end{split} where $x\in[2,+\infty)$, and $10$. If some are $< 0$, try combining two or more. This will get you closer to the desired proof. But HOW?
 May 22nd, 2016, 02:33 AM #2 Senior Member   Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 229 Thanks: 3 Hey Jinliang. Have you tried finding the minimum of the function and showing it is greater than zero? Basically you should note that you can do this numerically if the algebraic solution is difficult or too time consuming.

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