Sum of Even Powers

Show that the sum of the $m^{th}$ powers of the first $n$ even numbers is greater than $n (n + 1)^{m}$ , if $m > 1$ .

~15 minProof · checked by AIInequalitiesHölder's InequalityPower Sums

H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XIX. Inequalities, Examples XIX.b, No. 3

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