Is my solution for proving $3^n > n^2$ using induction correct?

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I'm sharpening my math skills by myself since school never motivated me to do it, so right now I'm doing some induction exercises.

I just solved one and I'm not sure if it's right since it doesn't fit the solution I was given.

I skipped the base case.

$ 3^n > n^2 , n > 2 \\ 3^k > k^2 \\ 3^{k+1} > (k+1)^2 \\ 3^k > k^2 | \cdot 3 \\ 3^{k+1} > 3k^2 \\ 3k^2 > k^2 + 2k + 1 \\ 2k^2 > 2k+1 \\ 2k^2 - 2k > 1 \\ 2k(k+1) > 1 \\ \begin{cases}k > 2 => k+1 > 1 \\2k > 1\end{cases} \implies 3^{k+1} > (k+1)^2 $

The solution I saw was more bottoms-up and mine seems to be solved top-down anyway that's why I'm wondering.

Sorry for my Tex just learned some to hack this together. Thanks for taking time to read and answer my newbie doubt.

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We can streamline the development as follows. First, we establish a base case. For $n=1$, this is $3^1>1^2$. Now, we assume that for some number $n\ge 2$ we have

$$3^n>n^2$$

Then, proceeding by induction and noting that for $n\ge 2$, $n^2\ge 2n>1$, we have

$$\begin{align} 3^{n+1}&=(3)\,3^n\\\\ &>3n^2\\\\ &=n^2+n^2+n^2\\\\ &>n^2+2n+1\\\\ &=(n+1)^2 \end{align}$$

And we are done!