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Re: can anyone tell me the answer related to aliquots
Posted:
Sep 3, 2006 10:29 AM
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Phil Carmody wrote:
> "sandeshavadhani@gmail.com" <sandeshavadhani@gmail.com> writes:
> > can anyone tell me wheather 1/3+1/5+1/7+1/11+1/13+...1/n where n is
> > either prime or product of primes in the denominator of previous terms
> > in the series.
>
> Whether it's what? We need a predicate.
>
> Why isn't 1/2 in the series? 2 is prime, you know.
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> > Any number can be neglected.My question is wheather the
> > sum of the terms of these series can be made exactly one?
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> I assume that 1/3+1/3+1/3 doesn't count? You don't exclude
> it (using the convention that products which may have an
> unspecified number of terms may have precisely one term).
>
> Phil
> --
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ok sorry 1/2 is included.and the same fractions can't be repeated.
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