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Get one half by squaring (Posted on 2004-09-20) Difficulty: 4 of 5
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    
Rating: 4.2500 (12 votes)

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re(2): The best that my program can do | Comment 17 of 32 |
(In reply to re: The best that my program can do by Jer)

Actually, if only one more term is allowed after the 59429 one, the best variable would be 22852059.  Using the extended precision of UBASIC, that results in 0.4999999999999999999999832....  Going one unit in either direction results in a worse approximation.
  Posted by Charlie on 2004-09-21 14:24:45

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