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Egyptian fraction of a number in the interval (0.5,1)
An Egyptian fraction is a finite sum of distinct unit fractions, such as
$$\frac{43}{48} = \frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{16}.$$
Does there exist a number in the range $(0.5, 1)$ that when written ...