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Sharp bounds for harmonic numbers

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2012-08-21 v1

Abstract

In the paper, we first survey some results on inequalities for bounding harmonic numbers or Euler-Mascheroni constant, and then we establish a new sharp double inequality for bounding harmonic numbers as follows: For nNn\in\mathbb{N}, the double inequality -\frac{1}{12n^2+{2(7-12\gamma)}/{(2\gamma-1)}}\le H(n)-\ln n-\frac1{2n}-\gamma<-\frac{1}{12n^2+6/5} is valid, with equality in the left-hand side only when n=1n=1, where the scalars 2(712γ)2γ1\frac{2(7-12\gamma)}{2\gamma-1} and 65\frac65 are the best possible.

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@article{arxiv.1002.3856,
  title  = {Sharp bounds for harmonic numbers},
  author = {Feng Qi and Bai-Ni Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3856},
  year   = {2012}
}

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7 pages

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