English

Weighted real Egyptian numbers

Number Theory 2020-04-17 v2

Abstract

Let A=(A1,,An)\mathcal A = (A_1,\ldots, A_n) be a sequence of nonempty finite sets of positive real numbers, and let B=(B1,,Bn)\mathcal{B} = (B_1,\ldots, B_n) be a sequence of infinite discrete sets of positive real numbers. A weighted real Egyptian number with numerators A\mathcal{A} and denominators B\mathcal{B} is a real number cc that can be represented in the form c=i=1naibi c = \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{a_i}{b_i} with aiAia_i \in A_i and biBib_i \in B_i for i{1,,n}i \in \{1,\ldots, n\}. In this paper, classical results of Sierpinski for Egyptian fractions are extended to the set of weighted real Egyptian numbers.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1708.09478,
  title  = {Weighted real Egyptian numbers},
  author = {Melvyn B. Nathanson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.09478},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

10 pages. Improved and corrected

R2 v1 2026-06-22T21:28:30.165Z