For $x \gt 0,$ what is the greatest $y$ such that $$\sum\_ {1\le h^x \le k^y} \frac{1}{h^x k^y}= \infty ?$$ 


I don't know of any references or methods for this -- not even for $x=1$, for which the series is $$\sum\_ {k=1}^{\infty} \frac{H(k)}{k^y},$$ where $H(k)$ is a harmonic number. 



When does this interesting sum diverge?

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> In short, 
>  $$ \begin{cases}
> \text{when }1\leq x & \text{series diverges when }y\le1\\
> \text{when }\frac{1}{2}<x<1 & \text{series diverges when }y\leq\frac{x}{2x-1}\\
> \text{when }0<x\leq\frac{1}{2} & \text{series always diverges.}
> \end{cases}
> $$
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> 


When $x>1$, the inner sum of $$\sum\_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k^{y}}\sum\_{h^{x}\leq k^{y}}\frac{1}{h^{x}}$$
 converges so this series diverges precisely when $y\leq 1$. When $x=1$, since $H(k^{y})\sim y\log k$, again we see that this diverges for $y\leq 1$. Lastly, when $0<x<1$
 we have that $$\sum\_{h^{x}\leq T}\frac{1}{h^{x}}=\int\_{1}^{T^{1/x}}\frac{1}{s^{x}}d\left[s\right]\sim\int\_{1}^{T^{1/x}}\frac{1}{s^{x}}ds\sim\frac{1}{1-x}\left(T^{1/x}\right)^{1-x}=\frac{1}{1-x}T^{1/x-1},$$
 and so the convergence of the series depends on the convergence of $$\sum\_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k^{y}}k^{y\left(\frac{1}{x}-1\right)}=\sum\_{k=1}^{\infty}k^{y/x-2y},$$
 and this depends on when $\left(\frac{1}{x}-2\right)y<-1.$
 Thus it diverges for every value of $y$ when $0<x\leq\frac{1}{2}$ , and for $\frac{1}{2}<x<1$
 , it diverges when $y\leq\frac{x}{2x-1}.$


