The integrality conjecture for iterated harmonic numbers

For each integer j1j\geq 1, let hj(n)h_j(n) denote the jjth iterated harmonic number, as defined in the paper. In particular, hj(1)=1h_j(1)=1. Integrality conjecture. For each integer j2j\geq 2, the only jjth iterated harmonic number that is an integer is

hj(1).h_j(1).

The paper proves the corresponding assertion for ordinary harmonic numbers (j=1j=1) and gives numerical evidence for j=2j=2 and j=3j=3; the assertion remains conjectural for all j2j\geq 2.

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J Marshall Ash, Michael Ash, Rafael Ash and Ángel Plaza, “Iterated harmonic numbers”, arXiv:2303.02832 (2023).

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