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for questions involving inequalities, upper and lower bounds.

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Most elementary proof showing that exponential growth wins against polynomial growth

Here is my response to the original request for a combinatorial proof (although the proof in Zach Teitler's answer is one of my favourites). Let $[n]^k$ be the language of $k$-letter words over the $n …