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Get one half by squaring (Posted on 2004-09-20)

Can you solve the following equation?

½ = 1/x² + 1/y² +...+ 1/z²

All variables must be different, positive integers, and there must be a finite number of terms.

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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Shorter solutions?

| Comment 24 of 32 |

I'm trying to find a nine term solution, but haven't been lucky yet. I'm using the same Excel method.

Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2004-09-22 05:52:24

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