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JAY DAVE
Oct 14, 2012, 12:33 PM
f(x)=1+1/2+1/3+... +1/n
Which are upper & lower bounds of f(x)...
Please give me more tight bounds...

ebaines
Oct 15, 2012, 06:18 AM
Hint: consider the area under the curve y = 1/x, and what you get if you approximate the integral

\int_1 ^N \frac {dx} x

using rectangles.