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A028229 Call m Egyptian if we can partition m = x_1+x_2+...+x_k into positive integers x_i such that Sum_{i=1..k} 1/x_i = 1; sequence gives all non-Egyptian numbers. 4
2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

REFERENCES

R. L. Graham, A theorem on partitions, J. Austral. Math. Soc., 4 (1963), 435-441.

J. D. E. Konhauser et al., Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?, MAA 1996, p. 147.

See also R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems Number Theory, Sect. D11.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

Index entries for sequences related to Egyptian fractions

EXAMPLE

1=1/3+1/3+1/3, so 3+3+3=9 is Egyptian.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A051882. Complement gives A125726.

Sequence in context: A191167 A006431 A151894 * A104452 A062877 A068526

Adjacent sequences:  A028226 A028227 A028228 * A028230 A028231 A028232

KEYWORD

nonn,fini,full,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jud McCranie (JudMcCranie(AT)ugaalum.uga.edu)

EXTENSIONS

Graham showed that every number >=78 is strict-sense Egyptian.

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