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To show that $(n!)^2>n^n$ for all $n\geq 3$ by induction, you first check that $(3!)^2>3^3$. Then to get the inductive step, it suffices to show that when $n\geq 3$, $(n+1)^2\geq\frac{(n+1)^{n+1}}{n^n}=(n+1)\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n$. This is true, and in fact $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n<3$ for all $n$. It would be more than enough to use $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n<n$, which is proved in another threadanother thread.

To show that $(n!)^2>n^n$ for all $n\geq 3$ by induction, you first check that $(3!)^2>3^3$. Then to get the inductive step, it suffices to show that when $n\geq 3$, $(n+1)^2\geq\frac{(n+1)^{n+1}}{n^n}=(n+1)\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n$. This is true, and in fact $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n<3$ for all $n$. It would be more than enough to use $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n<n$, which is proved in another thread.

To show that $(n!)^2>n^n$ for all $n\geq 3$ by induction, you first check that $(3!)^2>3^3$. Then to get the inductive step, it suffices to show that when $n\geq 3$, $(n+1)^2\geq\frac{(n+1)^{n+1}}{n^n}=(n+1)\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n$. This is true, and in fact $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n<3$ for all $n$. It would be more than enough to use $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n<n$, which is proved in another thread.

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To show that $(n!)^2>n^n$ for all $n\geq 3$ by induction, you first check that $(3!)^2>3^3$. Then to get the inductive step, it suffices to show that when $n\geq 3$, $(n+1)^2\geq\frac{(n+1)^{n+1}}{n^n}=(n+1)\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n$. This is true, and in fact $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n<3$ for all $n$. It would be more than enough to use $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n<n$, which is proved in another thread.