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Summing inverses (Posted on 2004-08-19)

What's the limit, as n→∞, of 1/(n+1)+1/(n+2)+1/(n+3)+...+1/(2n)?

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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I would say 0. The limit of each of those addends, as n→∞, is 0, right? So wouldn't the sum of all of those be 0 as well?

I know I'm missing something, and I'm probably ignorant of something, but I figured someone had to be the one to state the obvious wrong answer =)

Later!

Posted by nikki on 2004-08-19 09:46:15

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