Prove an inequality about $\arctan 1/(nx)$ for any $x$ and $n$

Question

How to prove this inequality for any $x$ and $n$?

$$ \left|\arctan\frac 1{nx}\right| \leq \frac 1{nx} ;\, 0<x<+{\infty} $$

Is this bounded? But how that can help me in proving? I mean that I don't know the interval of boundedness..

Please tell me how to prove this inequality?

Show that $\tan(u)\geqslant u$ for every $u$ in $[0,\pi/2)$. — Did, May 28 '12 at 16:46
Didier, thanks. How to show it? I thought that $$ \tan(u)< u $$ — Kamil Hismatullin, May 28 '12 at 17:14
Once you know that $\tan(u)\geqslant u$ for every $u$ in $[0,\pi/2)$, deduce from this an inequality between $\arctan(v)$ and $v$, valid for every $v\geqslant0$. — Did, May 28 '12 at 17:34
See also this question: Why $x<\tan{x}$ while $0<x<\frac{\pi}{2}$? — Martin Sleziak, May 31 '12 at 06:06

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '12 at 17:31

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Let us look at $\arctan t$, say for $t \ge 0$. We would like to show that $\arctan t\le t$.

The standard approach is to let $f(t)=t-\arctan t$, and note that $$f'(t)=1-\frac{1}{1+t^2} \ge 0.$$

answered May 28 '12 at 17:31

André Nicolas

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