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Lucky Numbers (Posted on 2005-02-19) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Call an integer lucky if it is a sum of positive integers (not necessarily distinct) whose reciprocals sum to 1. For example, 4 and 11 are lucky: 4=2+2 and 1/2+1/2=1, and 11=2+3+6 and 1/2+1/3+1/6=1. But 2, 3, and 5 are unlucky. How many unlucky positive integers are there?

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Solution Believe it or not! | Comment 1 of 7
13 must really be an unlucky number, for there are only 13 unlucky numbers...
  Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2005-02-19 16:30:48
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