Sharp bounds for harmonic numbers

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 991-995

  Guo, Bai Ni ^a   Qi, Feng ^a,b  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Harmonic number; Inequality; Psi function; Sharp bound

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC NUMBER; INEQUALITY; PSI FUNCTION; SHARP BOUNDS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052269505     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2011.01.089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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