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On a problem of Erdös, Straus and Schinzel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

R. C. Vaughan
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Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sheffield.
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Erdös and Straus have conjectured that for every integer n > 1,

is soluble in positive integers x, y, z. Schinzel has conjectured that for every a > 0 if n > no(a),

is soluble in positive integers x, y, z.

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Copyright © University College London 1970

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