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Harmonic series (mathematics)

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In mathematics, the harmonic series is the divergent infinite series:

${\displaystyle \sum _{n=1}^{\infty }\,{\frac {1}{n}}\;=\;1\,+\,{\frac {1}{2}}\,+\,{\frac {1}{3}}\,+\,{\frac {1}{4}}\,+\,{\frac {1}{5}}\,+\,\cdots \!}$

Its name derives from the concept of overtones, or harmonics in music: the wavelengths of the overtones of a vibrating string are 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, etc., of the string's fundamental wavelength. Every term of the series after the first is the harmonic mean of the neighboring terms; the phrase harmonic mean likewise derives from music.