Partitions, Egyptian fractions, and free products of finite abelian groups

Anshel, Michael; Goldfeld, Dorian

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1991-1065083-1

Partitions, Egyptian fractions, and free products of finite abelian groups
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Abstract:

Some computational questions concerning free products of finite abelian groups are reduced to questions in additive number theory involving partitions and Egyptian fractions. These in turn are resolved employing the Mathematica ^extsctm computer system.

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Mathematica ^extsctm : a system for doing mathematics by computer