Logic behind taking ceiling in Egyptian Fractions

Revision en2, by Himitsu, 2018-08-07 17:29:32

Hello,

I was reading about Egyptian fractions and I could not understand the reason behind taking the ceiling of D/N (the original fraction is N/D) as the largest unit fraction using the Sylvester's sequence. Can someone explain in easier terms?

Thank You

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