Integer part of positive integral multiples of the cube root of 3.

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Assume that $m\geq{2}$ is an integer. I am trying to prove the following inequality. If $[x]$ denotes the integer part of the real number $x$, then $$[{{\sqrt[3]{3}}m}]^3 - [{{\sqrt[3]{3}}m}]< 3m^3 - 3m.$$ Is there an obvious reason why this would not hold? Numerical calculations (approximating the cube root of 3 by ${\sqrt[3]{3}} = 1.4422$) show that the inequality holds, and that the difference is actually increasing for $2\leq{m}\leq{17}.$ So I have faith that the inequality may be true! I was trying to use mathematical induction on $m$, but am having a hard time formulating the argument. Thanks in advance!