Problem :
$$2+\left(\frac{1}{2}\left(\sqrt{\frac{e^{e^{-1}}}{e^{-e^{-1}}}}+\sqrt{\frac{e^{-e^{-1}}}{e^{e^{-1}}}}\right)\right)^{2}<\pi$$
Some related work :
You can find some material here Showing $\sqrt{\frac{e}{2}}\cdot\frac{e}{\pi}\left(\frac{e}{2}-\frac{1}{e}\right)<1$ without a calculator .
I also tried to play with :
$$\sqrt{x}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\leq x+\frac{1}{x}$$
But it's really not satifactory .
As remark there is a link with the function $f(x)=x^x$ and the extrema .
In fact I found it in trying to show this problem Prove that $\int_0^\infty\frac1{x^x}\, dx<2$ using Reverse Cauchy Schwarz for integrals .
Edit :
We an interesting inequality here How can you show by hand that $ e^{-1/e} < \ln(2) $?
How to show it without a calculator ?
Thanks and Im quite excited by your answer .