On the Egyptian method of decomposing 2/\(n\) into unit fractions
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Publication:2474815
DOI10.1016/j.hm.2007.03.002zbMath1221.01008OpenAlexW2061215819MaRDI QIDQ2474815
Publication date: 6 March 2008
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2007.03.002
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