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Erdős problem 47

If δ>0\delta>0 and NN is sufficiently large in terms of δ\delta, and A⊆{1,…,N}A\subseteq\{1,\ldots,N\} is such that ∑a∈A1a>δlog⁡N\sum_{a\in A}\frac{1}{a}>\delta \log N then must there exist S⊆AS\subseteq A such that ∑n∈S1n=1\sum_{n\in S}\frac{1}{n}=1?

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