The Lazy Caterer's sequence conjecture for restricted fractional partitions

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Let j>2j>2 and let k,jNk,j\in\mathbb{N}. For a sequence of numerators {nj}\{n_j\}, define

G=n1j+n2j++nj1j+njj.G=\frac{n_1}{j}+\frac{n_2}{j}+\cdots+\frac{n_{j-1}}{j}+\frac{n_j}{j}.

A sequence enables solutions when every positive integer k<Gk<\lfloor G\rfloor can be represented as a sum of distinct fractions with denominator jj and numerators from the sequence. The Lazy Caterer's sequence conjecture. The Lazy Caterer's sequence (A000124) enables solutions for all k<Gk<\lfloor G\rfloor, with j>2j>2 and k,jNk,j\in\mathbb{N}. This also appears to be true for the Cake Numbers (A000125).

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Zachary Hoelscher and Eyvindur Ari Palsson, “Counting Restricted Partitions of Integers into Fractions: Symmetry and Modes of the Generating Function and a Connection to ω(t)”, arXiv:2011.14502 (2020).

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