A Counterexample to a Conjecture of Erdös, Graham and Spencer
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It is conjectured by Erdős, Graham and Spencer that if 1 ≤ a1 ≤ a2 ≤ · · · ≤ as with ∑s i=1 1/ai < n − 1/30, then this sum can be decomposed into n parts so that all partial sums are ≤ 1. In this note we propose a counterexample which gives a negative answer to this conjecture.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Electr. J. Comb.
دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008