On the denominators of harmonic numbers

Bing-Ling Wu; Yong-Gao Chen

doi:10.1016/j.crma.2018.01.005

Number theory

On the denominators of harmonic numbers

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Bing-Ling Wu ¹; Yong-Gao Chen ¹

¹School of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Mathematics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China

Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 356 (2018) no. 2, pp. 129-132

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Let $H_{n}$ be the n-th harmonic number and let $v_{n}$ be its denominator. It is well known that $v_{n}$ is even for every integer $n \geq 2$ . In this paper, we study the properties of $v_{n}$ . One of our results is: the set of positive integers n such that $v_{n}$ is divisible by the least common multiple of $1, 2, \dots, ⌊ n^{1 / 4} ⌋$ has density one. In particular, for any positive integer m, the set of positive integers n such that $v_{n}$ is divisible by m has density one.

Soit $H_{n}$ le n-ième nombre harmonique et notons $v_{n}$ son dénominateur. Il est bien connu que $v_{n}$ est pair pour tout entier $n \geq 2$ . Dans ce texte, nous étudions les propriétés de $v_{n}$ . Un de nos résultats montre que l'ensemble des entiers positifs n tels que $v_{n}$ soit divisible par le plus petit commun multiple de $1, 2, \dots, [n^{1 / 4}]$ est de densité 1. En particulier, pour tout entier positif m, l'ensemble des entiers positifs n tels que $v_{n}$ soit divisible par m est de densité 1.

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Received: 2017-10-23
Accepted: 2018-01-12
Published online: 2018-02-01

DOI: 10.1016/j.crma.2018.01.005

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Bing-Ling Wu ¹ ; Yong-Gao Chen ¹

¹ School of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Mathematics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China

Bing-Ling Wu; Yong-Gao Chen. On the denominators of harmonic numbers. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 356 (2018) no. 2, pp. 129-132. doi: 10.1016/j.crma.2018.01.005

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^☆ This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11771211) and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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