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Challenges Partial Sums of Harmonic Series

Given an positive integer $n$, return the least positive integer $k$ such that the $k$th partial sum of the harmonic series is greater than or equal to $n$. For example, if $n = 2$, then $k = 4$, b...

11 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Quintec‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by south‭

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#3: Post edited by user avatar General Sebast1an‭ · 2021-08-12T19:02:56Z (over 3 years ago)
Partial Sums of Harmonic Series
  • Given an positive integer $n$, return the least positive integer $k$ such that the $k$th partial sum of the [harmonic series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)) is greater than or equal to $n$. For example, if $n = 2$, then $k = 4$, because $1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4} = \frac{25}{12} > 2$.
  • # More Input/Output Examples
  • ```
  • Input -> Output
  • 1 -> 1
  • 3 -> 11
  • 4 -> 31
  • ```
  • This is code-golf, so shortest code wins.
  • Given an positive integer $n$, return the least positive integer $k$ such that the $k$th partial sum of the [harmonic series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)) is greater than or equal to $n$. For example, if $n = 2$, then $k = 4$, because $1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4} = \frac{25}{12} > 2$.
  • # More Input/Output Examples
  • ```
  • Input -> Output
  • 1 -> 1
  • 3 -> 11
  • 4 -> 31
  • ```
  • This is <a class="badge is-tag">code-golf</a>, so shortest code wins.
#2: Post edited by user avatar Quintec‭ · 2021-01-29T12:59:38Z (almost 4 years ago)
  • Given an positive integer $n$, return an integer $k$ such that the $k$th partial sum of the [harmonic series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)) is greater than or equal to $n$. For example, if $n = 2$, then $k = 4$, because $1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4} = \frac{25}{12} > 2$.
  • # More Input/Output Examples
  • ```
  • Input -> Output
  • 1 -> 1
  • 3 -> 11
  • 4 -> 31
  • ```
  • This is code-golf, so shortest code wins.
  • Given an positive integer $n$, return the least positive integer $k$ such that the $k$th partial sum of the [harmonic series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)) is greater than or equal to $n$. For example, if $n = 2$, then $k = 4$, because $1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4} = \frac{25}{12} > 2$.
  • # More Input/Output Examples
  • ```
  • Input -> Output
  • 1 -> 1
  • 3 -> 11
  • 4 -> 31
  • ```
  • This is code-golf, so shortest code wins.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Quintec‭ · 2020-11-15T17:41:34Z (about 4 years ago)
Partial Sums of Harmonic Series
Given an positive integer $n$, return an integer $k$ such that the $k$th partial sum of the [harmonic series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)) is greater than or equal to $n$. For example, if $n = 2$, then $k = 4$, because $1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4} = \frac{25}{12} > 2$.


# More Input/Output Examples

```
Input -> Output
1 -> 1
3 -> 11
4 -> 31
```

This is code-golf, so shortest code wins.