22nd ASU 1988 Problem 9 Find all positive integers n satisfying (1 + 1/n) n+1 = (1 + 1/1998) 1998 . Solution
: no solutions. We have (1 + 1/n) n+1 > e > (1 + 1/n) n . 22nd ASU 1988 © John Scholes jscholes@kalva.demon.co.uk 20 June 2002