OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Sum_{j=1..n} Sum_{i=1..n} 1/(i+j-1) = A117731(n) / A117664(n) = 2n * H'(2n) = 2n * A058313(2n) / A058312(2n), where H'(2n) is 2n-th alternating sign Harmonic Number. H'(2n) = H(2n) - H(n), where H(n) is n-th Harmonic Number. - Alexander Adamchuk, Apr 23 2006
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hilbert Matrix.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Harmonic Number
FORMULA
a(n) = A111876(n-1)/n.
a(n) = denominator( Sum_{j=1..n} Sum_{i=1..n} 1/(i+j-1) ). Numerator is A117731(n). - Alexander Adamchuk, Apr 23 2006
a(n) = denominator( Sum_{k=1..n} (2*k)/(n+k) ). - Peter Bala, Oct 10 2021
EXAMPLE
For n=2, the 2 X 2 Hilbert matrix is [1, 1/2; 1/2, 1/3], so a(2) = denominator(1 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/3) = denominator(7/3) = 3.
The n X n Hilbert matrix begins:
1 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 ...
1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 ...
1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 ...
1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 ...
1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 1/12 ...
1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 1/12 1/13 ...
...
MATHEMATICA
Table[Denominator[Sum[1/(i + j - 1), {i, n}, {j, n}]], {n, 30}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alexander Adamchuk, Apr 11 2006
STATUS
approved