$\newcommand{\bbx}[1]{\,\bbox[15px,border:1px groove navy]{\displaystyle{#1}}\,} \newcommand{\braces}[1]{\left\lbrace\,{#1}\,\right\rbrace} \newcommand{\bracks}[1]{\left\lbrack\,{#1}\,\right\rbrack} \newcommand{\dd}{\mathrm{d}} \newcommand{\ds}[1]{\displaystyle{#1}} \newcommand{\expo}[1]{\,\mathrm{e}^{#1}\,} \newcommand{\ic}{\mathrm{i}} \newcommand{\mc}[1]{\mathcal{#1}} \newcommand{\mrm}[1]{\mathrm{#1}} \newcommand{\pars}[1]{\left(\,{#1}\,\right)} \newcommand{\partiald}[3][]{\frac{\partial^{#1} #2}{\partial #3^{#1}}} \newcommand{\root}[2][]{\,\sqrt[#1]{\,{#2}\,}\,} \newcommand{\totald}[3][]{\frac{\mathrm{d}^{#1} #2}{\mathrm{d} #3^{#1}}} \newcommand{\verts}[1]{\left\vert\,{#1}\,\right\vert}$ \begin{align} \sum_{k = 1}^{n}{\pars{-1}^{k - 1} \over k}{n \choose k} & = \sum_{k = 1}^{n}\pars{-1}^{k - 1}{n \choose k}\int_{0}^{1}t^{k - 1}\,\dd t = -\int_{0}^{1}\sum_{k = 1}^{n}{n \choose k}\pars{-t}^{k}\,{\dd t \over t} \\[5mm] & = -\int_{0}^{1}{\pars{1 - t}^{n} - 1 \over t}\,\dd t = \int_{0}^{1}{t^{n} - 1 \over t - 1}\,\dd t = \int_{0}^{1}\sum_{k = 0}^{n - 1}t^{k}\,\dd t = \sum_{k = 0}^{n - 1}\int_{0}^{1}t^{k}\,\dd t \\[5mm] & = \sum_{k = 0}^{n - 1}{1 \over k + 1}\,\dd t = \sum_{k = 1}^{n}{1 \over k}\,\dd t = \bbx{1 + {1 \over 2} + \cdots + {1 \over n}} \end{align}