Approximating 1 from below using n Egyptian fractions

2005/02/11 by K. Soundararajan, Soundararajan, K. · 1 citation
Mathematics · #Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA) #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT) #math.CA #math.NT

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0502247

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arxiv created 2005/02/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We find the closest approximation to 1 from below using a sum of n Egyptian fractions.

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