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 , 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 , where the scalars and are the best possible.
Cite
@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