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- From: gm115@emu.pmms.cam.ac.uk (Gabor Megyesi)
- Subject: Re: 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+...+1/n
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:45:22 GMT
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- sum 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+...+1/n is approximately log n+gamma, where gamma~0.577
- is Euler's constant, so the smallest n for which the sum exceeds 100 is in
- the range of e^100.
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- Gßbor Megyesi
- G.Megyesi@pmms.cam.ac.uk
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