A sum that's never whole

Show that $1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \dots + \frac{1}{n}$ is never an integer for any $n > 1$ .

~30 minWritten answer · compare with the solution2-adic valuationParityLargest power of two

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