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The denominators of harmonic numbers (Revised)

Number Theory 2024-07-31 v2

Abstract

The denominators dnd_n of the harmonic number 1+12+13++1n1+\frac12+\frac13+\cdots+\frac1n do not increase monotonically with~nn. It is conjectured that dn=Dn=LCM(1,2,,n)d_n=D_n={\rm LCM}(1,2,\ldots,n) infinitely often. For an odd prime pp, the set {n:pdnDn}\{n:pd_n|D_n\} has a harmonic density. Moreover, for 2<p1<p2<<pk2<p_1<p_2<\cdots<p_k, with logp1/logpi\log p_1/\log p_i (1ik1\le i\le k) being linearly independent, there exists nn such that p1p2pkdnDnp_1p_2\cdots p_kd_n|D_n.

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@article{arxiv.1607.02863,
  title  = {The denominators of harmonic numbers (Revised)},
  author = {Peter Shiu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.02863},
  year   = {2024}
}

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