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On the denominators of harmonic numbers. IV
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 360 (2022), pp. 53-57.

Let be the set of all positive integers n such that the denominator of 1+1/2++1/n is less than the least common multiple of 1,2,,n. In this paper, under a certain assumption on linear independence, we prove that the set has the upper asymptotic density 1. The assumption follows from Schanuel’s conjecture.

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DOI: 10.5802/crmath.282
Classification: 11B05, 11B75
Keywords: harmonic numbers, least common multiples, upper asymptotic density

Bing-Ling Wu 1; Xiao-Hui Yan 2

1 School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
2 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China
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Bing-Ling Wu; Xiao-Hui Yan. On the denominators of harmonic numbers. IV. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 360 (2022), pp. 53-57. doi : 10.5802/crmath.282. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mathematique/articles/10.5802/crmath.282/

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