grandes-ecoles 2023 Q18

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths2__official Proof Direct Proof of a Stated Identity or Equality
For all $n \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * }$ and all $k \in \llbracket 0 , n \rrbracket$, we set $x _ { n , k } = - \sqrt { n } + \frac { 2 k } { \sqrt { n } }$.
Compare the real numbers $- x _ { n , k }$ and $x _ { n , n - k }$.
For all $n \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * }$ and all $k \in \llbracket 0 , n \rrbracket$, we set $x _ { n , k } = - \sqrt { n } + \frac { 2 k } { \sqrt { n } }$.

Compare the real numbers $- x _ { n , k }$ and $x _ { n , n - k }$.