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Let $f(x)=\dfrac{1}{x\ln x}\quad(x>1)$

  1. Calculate the General Euler constant $$L=\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\sum_{k=2}^nf(k)-\int_2^nf(x)dx\right)$$
  2. Estimate the order of $\{x_n\}$ which is the form $$x_n=\sum_{k=2}^nf(k)-\int_2^nf(x)dx-L$$
  3. Find the constant $c$ such that the order of $$y_n=\sum_{k=2}^n(k)-\int_2^{c+n}f(x)dx-L$$ is greater than that of $\{x_n\}$,and find the order of $\{y_n\}$

What I've tried is trivial. By the convex property and Integral mean value theorem, $$ \int_k^{k+1}f(x)dx\in \left(f(k+1),\frac{1}{2}\big(f(k)+f(k+1)\big)\right), $$ sum by $k$ from $2$ to $n$, hence we have $$\int_2^{n+1}f(x)dx-f(n+1)+f(2)>\sum_{k=2}^nf(k)>\int_2^{n+1}f(x)dx-\frac{1}{2}f(n+1)+\frac{1}{2}f(2)$$ which implies
$$\sum_{k=2}^nf(k)-\int_2^nf(x)dx\in\left(\int_n^{n+1}f(x)dx-\frac{1}{2}f(n+1)+\frac{1}{2}f(2),\int_n^{n+1}f(x)dx-f(n+1)+f(2)\right)$$ What is obvious is that $\int_a^bf(x)dx=\ln(\ln b)-\ln(\ln a)$.The existence of $L$ is easy and then from the inequality above, the conclusion is $L\in[\frac{1}{2}f(2),f(2)]$ ,which is far away from what the problem want us to do.I wonder if it is possible to get an explicit answer of $L$ and if so, what form should it be?

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