29 Oct
2003
29 Oct
'03
3:14 p.m.
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Andy Latto wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Jon Perry wrote:
This may be completely dumb, but is it always possible to solve x/y = a/b + c/d, where all algebraic quantities are positive integers, for all x and y?
How about a=x, b=y, c=0, d=1 ? John Conway
0 isn't a positive integer. But how about a=c=x, b=d=2y?
Oop! Thanks. JHC