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A058312 Denominator of the n-th alternating harmonic number, sum ((-1)^(k+1)/k, k=1..n). 24
1, 2, 6, 12, 60, 60, 420, 840, 2520, 2520, 27720, 27720, 360360, 360360, 72072, 144144, 2450448, 2450448, 46558512, 232792560, 232792560, 232792560, 5354228880, 5354228880, 26771144400, 26771144400, 80313433200, 11473347600 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..200

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Harmonic Number

FORMULA

G.f. for A058313(n)/ A058312(n) : log(1+x)/(1-x) - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Jun 15 2003

EXAMPLE

1, 1/2, 5/6, 7/12, 47/60, 37/60, 319/420, 533/840, 1879/2520, ...

MAPLE

A058313 := n->denom(add((-1)^(k+1)/k, k=1..n));

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=denominator(polcoeff(-log(1-x)/(x+1)+O(x^(n+1)), n))

CROSSREFS

Numerators are A058313. Cf. A025530.

Cf. A002805 (denominator of n-th harmonic number).

Sequence in context: A117481 A083268 A085911 * A003418 A109935 A065887

Adjacent sequences:  A058309 A058310 A058311 * A058313 A058314 A058315

KEYWORD

nonn,frac,nice,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Dec 09 2000

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