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A281532 a(n) = least numerator X such that the proper fraction X/A281529(n) needs n or more terms to be written as a signed sum of distinct unit fractions.

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%I A281532 #15 Jan 25 2017 08:43:06
%S A281532 1,2,5,18,118
%N A281532 a(n) = least numerator X such that the proper fraction X/A281529(n) needs n or more terms to be written as a signed sum of distinct unit fractions.
%C A281532 Sierpiński conjectured that for any integer n > 3 there exist positive integers a, b, c so that 5/n = 1/a + 1/b + 1/c. If the conjecture is true, then 5 appears only once in the sequence.
%D A281532 W. Sierpiński, O rozkładach liczb wymiernych na ułamki proste, PWN, Warsaw, Poland, 1957, pp. 96-100.
%Y A281532 See A281529 for denominators.
%K A281532 nonn,frac,hard,more
%O A281532 1,2
%A A281532 _Arkadiusz Wesolowski_, Jan 23 2017