This is a suggestion to not dismiss induction too readily.
If I were to attempt an inductive proof, one approach I would take would be an inductive definition of T(2m), the set of all sums arrived at by forming m fractions as directed and then taking all signed sums. T(2m+2) is an incremental change to T(2m), but with most likely more than exponential growth. If you can prove that T(2m) contains either fraction (2m+1)/(2m+2) or its multiplicative inverse, you can conclude S(2m+2) is 0. That would be too easy, though. I suspect you will need solve equations like x/(2m+2) + (2m+1)/y = P for some value of P that is related to a value in T(2m).
Gerhard "Ask Me About System Design" Paseman, 2011.01.18
