TITLE: Prove or disprove: $\sqrt{2\sqrt{3\sqrt{4\sqrt{\ldots\sqrt{n}}}}}<3$
QUESTION [8 upvotes]: Is it true that $\sqrt{2\sqrt{3\sqrt{4\sqrt{\ldots\sqrt{n}}}}}<3$ for any positive integer $n$?
We cannot prove the statement using induction as it is, because the left-hand side is increasing while the right-hand side stays constant. So we need to modify the right-hand side to something like $3-\dfrac{1}{n}$. But it is hard to quantify how much the left-hand side increases when we go from $n$ to $n+1$.

REPLY [2 votes]: We want to show that
$$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \dfrac{\ln(k+1)}{2^{k}} < \ln(3)$$
We have $\ln(1+k) \leq k$ for all $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Hence, we have
$$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \dfrac{\ln(k+1)}{2^k} = \sum_{k=1}^{10} \dfrac{\ln(k+1)}{2^k} + \sum_{k=11}^{\infty} \dfrac{\ln(k+1)}{2^k} \leq \sum_{k=1}^{10} \dfrac{\ln(k+1)}{2^k} + \sum_{k=11}^{\infty} \dfrac{k}{2^k}$$
$$\sum_{k=1}^{10} \dfrac{\ln(k+1)}{2^k} \approx 1.013 < 1.02$$
$$\sum_{k=11}^{\infty} \dfrac{k}{2^k} = \dfrac3{256} = 0.01171875$$
Hence, the sum is less than $1.04$, which is less than $\ln(3)$.