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Tags: algebra, olympic revenge, inequalities



Determine if there exist positive real numbers $x, \alpha$, so that for any non-empty finite set of positive integers $S$, the inequality \[\left|x-\sum_{s\in S}\frac{1}{s}\right|>\frac{1}{\max(S)^\alpha}\]holds, where $\max(S)$ is defined as the maximum element of the finite set $S$.