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Is there some constant $c>0$ such that for every $n\geq 1$ there exists some $\delta_k\in \{-1,0,1\}$ for $1\leq k\leq n$ with \[0< \left\lvert \sum_{1\leq k\leq n}\frac{\delta_k}{k}\right\rvert < \frac{c}{2^n}?\] Is it true that for sufficiently large $n$, for any $\delta_k\in \{-1,0,1\}$, \[\left\lvert \sum_{1\leq k\leq n}\frac{\delta_k}{k}\right\rvert > \frac{1}{[1,\ldots,n]}\] whenever the left-hand side is not zero?
Inequality is obvious for the second claim, the problem is strict inequality. This fails for small $n$, for example \[\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4}=-\frac{1}{12}.\]
Additional thanks to: Zachary Chase