Erdős Problem #46 — Monochromatic unit-fraction representations of 1

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An old problem of R.L. Graham and myself states: Is it true that if mkm_k is sufficiently large and we colour the integers 2tmk2 \leq t \leq m_k by kk colours then

1=1ti1 = \sum \frac{1}{t_i}

is always solvable monochromatically? I would like to see a proof that m2m_2 exists. (Clearly mknkm_k \geq n_k.)

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