A216975 Triangle read by rows in which row n gives the lexicographically earliest minimal sum denominators among all possible n-term Egyptian fractions with unit sum.

1, 0, 0, 2, 3, 6, 2, 4, 6, 12, 3, 4, 5, 6, 20, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 24, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 24, 28, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 22, 28, 33, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 22, 24, 28, 33

Offset: 1

Author

Robert Price, Sep 21 2012

Keywords

• nonn
• tabl

Comments

This sequence is the lexicographically earliest Egyptian fraction (denominators only) describing the minimal sum given in A213062.

Row 2 = [0,0] corresponds to the fact that 1 cannot be written as Egyptian fraction with 2 (distinct) terms.

Examples

			Row 5 = [3,4,5,6,20]: lexicographically earliest minimal sum (38) denominators among 72 possible 5-term Egyptian fractions with unit sum.
1 = 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 + 1/6 + 1/20.
Triangle begins:
1;
0, 0;
2, 3, 6;
2, 4, 6, 12;
3, 4, 5,  6, 20;
3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15;
		

References

• Mohammad K. Azarian, Sylvester's Sequence and the Infinite Egyptian Fraction Decomposition of 1, Problem 958, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, September 2011, p. 330. Solution published in Vol. 43, No. 4, September 2012, pp. 340-342

Links

• Robert Price, Rows n = 1..24, flattened
• Harry Ruderman and Paul Erdős, Problem E2427: Bounds for Egyptian fraction partitions of unity (comments), Amer. Math. Monthly, 1974 (Vol. 81), pp. 780-782.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Egyptian Fraction
• Wikipedia, Egyptian fraction
• Index entries for sequences related to Egyptian fractions

Crossrefs

Cf. A030659, A073546, A213062, A216993.