Sharp bounds for harmonic numbers
arXiv:1002.3856 · doi:10.1016/j.amc.2011.01.089
Abstract
In the paper, we first survey some results on inequalities for bounding harmonic numbers or Euler-Mascheroni constant, and then we establish a new sharp double inequality for bounding harmonic numbers as follows: For $n\in\mathbb{N}$, the double inequality -\frac{1}{12n^2+{2(7-12γ)}/{(2γ-1)}}\le H(n)-\ln n-\frac1{2n}-γ<-\frac{1}{12n^2+6/5} is valid, with equality in the left-hand side only when $n=1$, where the scalars $\frac{2(7-12γ)}{2γ-1}$ and $\frac65$ are the best possible.
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