Erdős Problem 298 #
Reference: erdosproblems.com/298
Does every set A ⊆ N
of positive density contain some finite S ⊂ A
such that ∑ n ∈ S, 1 / n = 1
?
The answer is yes, proved by Bloom [Bl21].
[Bl21] Bloom, T. F., On a density conjecture about unit fractions. arXiv:2112.03726 (2021).
Note: The solution to this problem has been formalized in Lean 3 by T. Bloom and B. Mehta, see https://github.com/b-mehta/unit-fractions