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Prove the following fact (give a proof by contradiction):

There do not exist constants N > 0 and C > 0 such that ∀n ≥ N ,n^2 ≤ C*n.

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Proving: There do not exist constants N > 0 and C > 0 such that ∀n ≥ N, n2 ≤ C*n

Assume that there do exist constants N > 0 and C > 0 such that ∀n ≥ N, n2 ≤ C*n
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