#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

# # Floating Point and the Harmonic Series
# Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Luke Olson<br>
# Copyright (C) 2020 Andreas Kloeckner
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# You may know from math that
# $$
# \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac 1n=\infty.
# $$
# Let's see what we get using floating point:

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import numpy as np


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n = int(0)

float_type = np.float32

my_sum = float_type(0)

while True:
    n += 1
    last_sum = my_sum
    my_sum += float_type(1 / n)

    if n % 200000 == 0:
        print("1/n = %g, sum0 = %g"%(1.0/n, my_sum))



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