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Given: \begin{equation} f_1(a)=\sum_{i=1}^{k^*-1} \left(\begin{array}{c} K \\ i \ \end{array} \right) \left(-1-\frac{1}{ar}\right)^i \end{equation} \begin{equation} f_2(a)=\sum_{i=1}^{k^*-1} \left(\begin{array}{c} K\\ i
\end{array} \right) \left(-1+\frac{1}{a}\right)^i \end{equation} prove or disprove that \begin{equation} f_3(a)=\frac{f_1(a)}{f_2(a)} \end{equation} is an increasing funtion of $a$, where $-1< r < 0$ and $0.5 < a < 1$

edited Apr 24 2012 at 23:24

asked Apr 24 2012 at 23:19

Seyhmus Güngören
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Why should we? Where does this question come from? And what is $k^*?$ – Igor Rivin Apr 24 2012 at 23:23

This question is a part of a more general proof in detection theory where I am working on. $k^{*} > 2$ and $K > k^{*}$ both $k^{*}$ and $K$ are integers. – Seyhmus Güngören Apr 24 2012 at 23:39

obviously for $k^{*} \geq 2$ too. I will be happy if I will get any answer.d Thanks alot for the visitors of my question.. – Seyhmus Güngören Apr 24 2012 at 23:47

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For the record, I don't think your tags are very appropriate. – Thierry Zell Apr 25 2012 at 1:25

Seyhmus Güngören · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-25 08:33:08Z UTC

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Which Tags should i have chosen? Thanks for the comment.

answered Apr 25 2012 at 8:33

Seyhmus Güngören
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The ratio of two strictly increasing functions

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