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Daniele Tampieri
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Integers solutions of products of truncated Riemann zeta functions

Let $n \in \mathbb{N}$ be a positive integer.

It is possible to prove that the equation $F_1(n)=m$ where $m \in \mathbb{Z}$ and $$ F_1(n)=(1+2+\ldots+n)\cdot\left(\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\dots+\frac{1}{n}\right) $$ is solvable only for $n=3$ and $m=11$. I've tried to generalize the result for the function $$ F_k(n)=\big(1^k+2^k+\ldots+n^k\big)\cdot\left(\frac{1}{1^k}+\frac{1}{2^k}+\dots+\frac{1}{n^k}\right) $$ where $k \geq 2$, i.e. asking for which $n$ the expression $F_k(n)$ is an integer, but I'm not succeeding. Does some of you know if this equation is solvable in general or for some particular values of $k$, for example for $k=2$?

I've tried with the basic elementary number theory techniques. Thanks in advance.

gigi
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