Number theory. I survey and implement in Mathematica several methods for representing rational numbers as sums of distinct unit fractions. One of the methods involves searching for paths in a certain graph using a k shortest paths heuristic.
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Publications – David Eppstein – Theory Group – Inf. & Comp. Sci. – UC Irvine
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