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Old 01-10-2007, 04:55 PM
arahant arahant is offline
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Default Re: interesting inequality

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Show that 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+...1/p - lnp < 1 for all p >1

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1+1/2+1/3+1/4+...1/p - lnp < 1 for all p >1, QED

I challenge anyone to find a more parsimonious proof.
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