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1. A unit fraction is a fraction of the form I where n is a positive integer. Note that the unit fraction + can be written as the sum of two unit fractions in the following three ways: 1 1 1 1 1
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Are there any other ways of decomposing - into the sum of two unit fractions? In how many
the unit fraction I be written as the sum of two unit fractions? in other words, how many ordered pairs (a, b) of positive integers a,b are there for which
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