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- From: steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson)
- Subject: Re: 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+...+1/n
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.192321.15036@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:23:21 GMT
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- gay@selkirk.sfu.ca (Ian D. Gay) writes:
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- >>I've a problem. I have to calculate the sum 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+...+1/n.
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- >Everybody's computer is too slow!
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- >1 = 1
- >1/2 + 1/3 < 1
- >1/4 + 1/5 + 1/6 + 1/7 < 1
- >etc.
- >You will need to sum at least 100 such lines, and the 100th line
- >has 2^99 terms!
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- Hm. See earlier comments by others on using Maple. Seems that they
- got it without waiting forever. :-)
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- Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson steve@hubcap.clemson.edu
- Department of Computer Science, (803)656-5880.mabell
- Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906
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