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A092669 a(n) = number of Egyptian fractions 1 = 1/x_1 + ... + 1/x_k (for any k), 0<x_1<...<x_k=n. 6
1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 5, 0, 11, 0, 0, 0, 19, 0, 0, 0, 73, 0, 86, 0, 0, 163, 0, 203, 286, 0, 0, 0, 803, 0, 1399, 0, 0, 2723, 0, 0, 4870, 0, 0, 0, 8789, 0, 13937, 14987, 42081, 0, 0, 0, 85577, 0, 0, 159982, 0, 117889, 437874, 0, 0, 0, 818640, 0 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,15

COMMENTS

For a given n, the Mathematica program uses backtracking to count the solutions. The solutions can be printed by uncommenting the print statement. It is very time-consuming for large n. A092671 gives the n that yield a(n) > 0. - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Mar 26 2004

REFERENCES

Harry Ruderman and Paul Erdos, Problem E2427: Bounds of Egyptian fraction partitions of unity, Amer. Math. Monthly, Vol. 81, No. 7 (1974), 780-782.

LINKS

Toshitaka Suzuki, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..610

Index entries for sequences related to Egyptian fractions

FORMULA

a(n)=A092670(n)-A092670(n-1)

EXAMPLE

a(6)=1 since there is the only fraction 1=1/2+1/3+1/6.

MATHEMATICA

n=20; try2[lev_, s_] := Module[{nmim, nmax, si, i}, AppendTo[soln, 0]; If[lev==1, nmin=2, nmin=1+soln[[ -2]]]; nmax=n-1; Do[If[i<n/2 || !PrimeQ[i], si=s+1/i; If[si==1, soln[[ -1]]=i; (*Print[soln]; *) cnt++ ]; If[si<1, soln[[ -1]]=i; try2[lev+1, si]]], {i, nmin, nmax}]; soln=Drop[soln, -1]]; soln={n}; cnt=0; try2[1, 1/n]; cnt (from T. D. Noe)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A092666, A092667, A092670, A092671, A092672, A006585.

Sequence in context: A130208 A143044 A127775 * A011400 A115013 A072736

Adjacent sequences:  A092666 A092667 A092668 * A092670 A092671 A092672

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Max Alekseyev (maxale(AT)gmail.com), Mar 02 2004

EXTENSIONS

More terms from T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Mar 26 2004

More terms from T. Suzuki (suzuki(AT)scio.co.jp), Nov 24 2006

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