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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the limit γ(a) of the sequence \(\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{a+1}+\cdots+\frac{1}{a+n-1}-\ln\frac{a+n-1}{a}\right)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}\), where a ∈ (0, + ∞ ).
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Sîntămărian, A. A generalization of Euler’s constant. Numer Algor 46, 141–151 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11075-007-9132-0
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