Almost a Complete Proof of the Generalized Erd\H{o}s-Straus Conjecture: ${5}/{a} = {1}/{b} + {1}/{c} + {1}/{d}$
Abstract
The generalized Erd\H{o}s-Straus conjecture, proposed by Wac\l{}aw Sierpi\'{n}ski in 1956, asks whether the Diophantine equation admits positive integer solutions for every integer . In this work we present explicit solutions for all integers . We begin with the simplest known cases where for , providing direct decompositions. The remaining open case, , is addressed for with , where we give explicit decompositions, often with expressed as three-variable polynomials. For , we conjecture that a specific polynomial , which exactly satisfies the generalized Erd\H{o}s--Straus equation, generates all such multiples of . This conjecture has been verified computationally for up to approximately , and the corresponding \textit{Mathematica} implementation is included.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2508.07367,
title = {Almost a Complete Proof of the Generalized Erd\H{o}s-Straus Conjecture: ${5}/{a} = {1}/{b} + {1}/{c} + {1}/{d}$},
author = {Bilal Ghermoul},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.07367},
year = {2025}
}