Let $H_n=\sum_{k=1}^n{\frac{1}{k}}$
We investigate $H_{2^k}$
$H_{2^0}=H_1=\sum_{k=1}^1{\frac{1}{k}}=\frac{1}{1}=1+0(\frac{1}{2})$
$H_{2^1}=H_2=\sum_{k=1}^2{\frac{1}{k}}=\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}=1+1(\frac{1}{2})$
$\begin{align*}
H_{2^2}
&=H_4\\
&=\sum_{k=1}^4{\frac{1}{k}}\\
&=\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}\\
&\gt \frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+(\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4})\\
&\gt \frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}\\
&\gt1+2(\frac{1}{2})
\end{align*}$
$\begin{align*}
H_{2^3}
&=H_8\\
&=\sum_{k=1}^8{\frac{1}{k}}\\
&=\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{7}+\frac{1}{8}\\
&\gt\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+(\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4})+(\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{8})\\
&\gt \frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}\\
&\gt1+3(\frac{1}{2})
\end{align*}$
By induction it can be shown that
$H_{2^k}\gt1+k(\frac{1}{2})$
Since we can make $k(\frac{1}{2})$ as large as we want by choosing a value for $k$ this implies that we can also make $H_{2^k}$ as large as want, i.e. $H$ diverges.
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