IMC 2014 · Problem 3

Day 221st IMC · Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Statement

Let f(x)=sin⁡xxf(x) = \dfrac{\sin x}{x}, for x>0x > 0, and let nn be a positive integer. Prove that ∣f(n)(x)∣<1n+1\left| f^{(n)}(x) \right| < \dfrac{1}{n+1}, where f(n)f^{(n)} denotes the nthn^{\text{th}} derivative of ff.

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