C/M công thức tổng quát:\(n^3>n^3-n\Rightarrow\frac{1}{n^3}< \frac{1}{n^3-n}=\frac{1}{n\left(n^2-1\right)}=\frac{1}{\left(n-1\right)n\left(n+1\right)}\)
\(\Rightarrow\frac{1}{n^3}< \frac{1}{\left(n-1\right)n\left(n+1\right)}\)
Đặt \(A=\frac{1}{2^3}+\frac{1}{3^3}+\frac{1}{4^3}+\frac{1}{5^3}+.....+\frac{1}{2017^3}\)
Áp dụng vào bài toán,ta được:\(A< \frac{1}{1\cdot2\cdot3}+\frac{1}{2\cdot3\cdot4}+\frac{1}{3\cdot4\cdot5}+....+\frac{1}{2016\cdot2017\cdot2018}\)
\(=\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{1\cdot2}-\frac{1}{2\cdot3}+\frac{1}{2\cdot3}-\frac{1}{3\cdot4}+\frac{1}{3\cdot4}-\frac{1}{4\cdot5}+....+\frac{1}{2016\cdot2017}-\frac{1}{2017\cdot2018}\right)\)
\(=\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2017\cdot2018}\right)\)
\(=\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{2\cdot2017\cdot2018}\)
\(< \frac{1}{2^2}^{ĐPCM}\)