A note on a question of Erdős (Q1379600)
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A note on a question of Erdős (English)
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16 June 1998
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The author deduces the following result from Ramsey's theorem: If the set of positive integers is split into \( r \) classes, then at least one of these classes contains three distinct integers \( x, y, z \), satisfying \({1 \over x} + {1 \over y} = {1 \over z} \). He also refers to the work of Lefmann and Brown and Rödl on this problem of combinatorial number theory, which was posed by P. Erdős.
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sums of Egyptian fractions
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problem of Erdős
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combinatorial number theory
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application of Ramsey's theorem
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\(r\)-colouring of the integers
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