Department of Mathematics Education
EMT 525/725


Problem: Sum of Unit Fractions


Consider all fractions of the form

where n is a positive integer. Which of these fractions may be expressed as the sum of two different unit fractions (reciprocals) of integers?




This is problem 4645 from School Science and Mathematics. Proposed by Herb Wills, Tallahassee , FL.

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