Sum of Harmonic Series

This program calculates sum of harmonic series up to 1/7.

Problem Statement

Write a Java program that calculates sum of harmonic series up to 1/7 using for loop.

Source Code

1 public class SumHarmonic {
2 public static void main(String[] args) {
3 int n = 7;
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 series = " + sum + " - Eduinq");
9 }
10 }

Program Output

Sum of harmonic series = 2.5928571428571425 - Eduinq

Explanation

The program adds reciprocals of integers from 1 to 7. This demonstrates how for loops can calculate harmonic series sums. Shows how for loop can calculate harmonic series sums.

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