What is the greatest lower bound for the zeta function , where ?
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By thinking about areas of rectangles under a curve, we get ζ ( n ) = 1 + k = 2 ∑ ∞ k − n ≤ 1 + 1 ∫ ∞ x − n d x = 1 + n − 1 1 . So we have 1 < ζ ( n ) ≤ 1 + n − 1 1 , so by the squeeze theorem , n → ∞ lim ζ ( n ) = 1 . So the greatest lower bound is 1 .