Underapproximation by Egyptian fractions
Number Theory
2022-12-14 v2
Abstract
An increasing sequence of positive integers is an -term Egyptian underapproximation of if . A greedy algorithm constructs an -term underapproximation of . For some but not all numbers , the greedy algorithm gives a unique best -term underapproximation for all . An infinite set of rational numbers is constructed for which the greedy underapproximations are best, and numbers for which the greedy algorithm is not best are also studied.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2202.00191,
title = {Underapproximation by Egyptian fractions},
author = {Melvyn B. Nathanson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.00191},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
20 pages, minor corrections