Or: Should such an r appear, replace it with {r/2,r/3,r/6}. Lather, rinse, repeat. At 11:35 AM 9/12/2005, Richard Guy wrote:
Yes, since sum 1/n diverges, even though you omit a finitenumber of terms. R.
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Mike Stay wrote:
Given a finite set R of unit fractions, is it possible to represent all rationals as Egyptian fractions without using elements of R?
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