Viewed 27k times. Nick Anderegg Nick Anderegg 2 2 gold badges 5 5 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges. This is a serious question. But in a sum, the value may be getting closer to zero, but the running total still continues to get bigger. Show 9 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. And so on. That end part is a perfect explanation.
That sums up what I was thinking, the harmonic series really, really, really wants to converge if we're anthropomorphizing numbers now , but it can't quite get there. I get it now. Add a comment. Unfortunately, that is not true.
It would simplify a lot of math if it was true. Have you seen the proof that it diverges? Old John Thomas Andrews Thomas Andrews k 17 17 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.
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