Bradford–Ionascu conjecture for unit fractions in Gaussian integers

Let E:={0,1,i,1+i}{\mathcal E}:=\{0,1,i,1+i\}. For nZ[i]\En\in\mathbb{Z}[i]\backslash{\mathcal E} whose real and imaginary parts are nonnegative, consider decompositions of the form

4n=1a+1b+1c.\frac{4}{n}=\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}.

Bradford–Ionascu conjecture. Such a decomposition exists with a,b,cZ[i]a,b,c\in\mathbb{Z}[i] such that the real and imaginary parts of each of aa, bb, and cc are either both nonnegative or both nonpositive. This is the Gaussian-integer analogue of the Erdős–Straus conjecture, with the cone restriction reflecting the positive cone generated by the basis {1,i}\{1,i\}.

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Kyle Bradford and Eugen J. Ionascu, “Unit Fractions in Norm-Euclidean Rings of Integers”, arXiv:1405.4025 (2014).

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