Although the harmonic series does not converge, the partial sums grow very, very slowly

Chapter 0, Problem 96

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Although the harmonic series does not converge, the partial sums grow very, very slowly. Take a right-hand sum approximating the integral of f(x)=1/x on the interval [1, n], with x = 1, to show that 1 2 + 1 3 + 1 4 + + 1 n < ln n. If a computer could add a million terms of the harmonic series each second, estimate the sum after one year.

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