A counterexample to a conjecture of Erdős, Graham and Spencer (Q1010704)

Summary: It is conjectured by Erdős, Graham and Spencer that if \(1 \leq a_1 \leq a_2 \leq \dots \leq a_s\) with \(\sum_{i=1}^s 1/a_i < n - 1/30\), then this sum can be decomposed into \(n\) parts so that all partial sums are \(\leq 1\). In this note we propose a counterexample which gives a negative answer to this conjecture.