Harmonic Fractional Parts Are Dense

Problem

Let Sn=1+12++1nS_n = 1 + \dfrac{1}{2} + \cdots + \dfrac{1}{n} for positive integers nn. Prove that for any real numbers a,ba, b with 0a<b10 \leqslant a < b \leqslant 1, infinitely many terms of the sequence {SnSn}\left\{S_n - \lfloor S_n \rfloor\right\} belong to (a,b)(a, b). (Here x\lfloor x \rfloor denotes the greatest integer not exceeding xx.)

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Difficulty8/10
TopicsLimits, number theory, sequences, Estimation

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