Sum of Harmonic Progression

This program calculates sum of harmonic progression series.

Problem Statement

Write a Java program that calculates sum of harmonic progression up to 1/6 using for loop.

Source Code

1 public class SumHarmonicProgression {
2 public static void main(String[] args) {
3 int n = 6;
4 double sum = 0.0;
5 for(int i=1; i<=n; i++) {
6 sum += 1.0/i;
7 }
8 System.out.println("Sum of harmonic progression = " + sum + " - Eduinq");
9 }
10 }

Program Output

Sum of harmonic progression = 2.45 - Eduinq

Explanation

The program adds reciprocals of integers from 1 to 6. This demonstrates harmonic progression summation using for loop. Shows how for loop can calculate harmonic progression sums.

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