<s>[INST] Proof of $\sum^{2N}_{n=1} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n} = \sum^{N}_{n=1} \frac{1}{N+n}$ The title pretty much summarizes my question. I am trying to prove the following: 
$$\displaystyle \forall N \in \mathbb{N}: \sum^{2N}_{n=1} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n} = \sum^{N}_{n=1} \frac{1}{N+n}.$$
I tried proving this using induction. Starting with the base case $N = 1$:
$$\displaystyle \sum^{2}_{n=1} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n} = \frac{1}{1} + \frac{-1}{2} = \frac{1}{2} = \frac{1}{1+1} = \sum^{1}_{n=1} \frac{1}{N+n}.$$
My problem is the inductive step for $N+1$, starting with
$$\displaystyle \sum^{2(N+1)}_{n=1} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n} = \sum^{N+1}_{n=1} \frac{1}{(N+1)+n}.$$
And now my problem:
\begin{align}
\sum^{2(N+1)}_{n=1} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n} &\Leftrightarrow \sum^{2N}_{n=1} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n} + \sum^{2}_{n=1} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n} \\[1em]
&\underset{\Leftrightarrow}{\text{ind. hyp.}} \sum^{N}_{n=1} \frac{1}{N + n} + \sum^{2}_{n=1} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n}
\end{align}
Is this the correct start, and if so, how do I continue?
 [/INST] Instead of induction, you could start with
$\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{2N}\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n}=\sum_{n=1}^{2N}\frac{1}{n}-2\sum_{k=1}^N\frac{1}{2k}=\sum_{n=1}^{2N}\frac{1}{n}-\sum_{n=1}^{N}\frac{1}{n}$
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