The inequality |z-4| < |z-2| represents the region given by

Show that the equation $${e^{\sin x}} - {e^{ - \sin x}} - 4 = 0$$ has no real solution.

The largest interval for which $${x^{12}} - {x^9} + {x^4} - x + 1 > 0$$ is

$$mn$$ squares of equal size are arranged to from a rectangle of dimension $$m$$ by $$n$$, where $$m$$ and $$n$$ are natural numbers. Two squares will be called ' neighbours ' if they have exactly one common side. A natural number is written in each square such that the number written in any square is the arithmetic mean of the numbers written in its neighbouring squares.Show that this is possible only if all the numbers used are equal.