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Erdős problem 46

Does every finite colouring of the integers have a monochromatic solution to 1=∑1ni1=\sum \frac{1}{n_i} with 2≤n1<⋯<nk2\leq n_1<\cdots <n_k?

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Croot [Cr03] proved more: there are infinitely many disjoint such monochromatic solutions.

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True ↔  ∀ (𝓒 : ℕ → ℕ),    (Set.range 𝓒).Finite →      ∃ S,        (∀ (i j : ℕ), i ≠ j → Disjoint (S i) (S j)) ∧          ∀ (i : ℕ), (∀ n ∈ S i, 2 ≤ n) ∧ ∑ n ∈ S i, 1 / ↑n = 1 ∧ (𝓒 '' ↑(S i)).Subsingleton
SolvedStatement only, no proof