[See Steps] An integer is said to be 8 -free if it does not contain the digit 8 in its decimal expansion. So 17 is 8 -free, but 1081 is not. Denote the set


Question: An integer is said to be 8 -free if it does not contain the digit 8 in its decimal expansion. So 17 is 8 -free, but 1081 is not. Denote the set of 8 -free integers by \(\mathcal{S}\). Prove that the series

\[\sum_{n \in \mathcal{S}} \frac{1}{n}=1+\frac{1}{2}+\cdots+\frac{1}{7}+\frac{1}{9}+\cdots+\frac{1}{17}+\frac{1}{19}+\cdots\]

is convergent. (Hint: Work out how many reciprocals of one digit 8 -free numbers there are in the sum, how many reciprocals of 2 digit 8 -free numbers, 3 digit 8 -free etc, then bound each group of k-digit terms.)

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