Mathematics Education
EMAT 6600


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 positive integers)?



This is problem 4545 from School Science and Mathematics. Proposed by Herb Wills, Tallahassee , FL.

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