jimt,
Obfu is not my thing, but I do love interesting math problems. The following is more of a golf (156) than an obfu:
use Math::Pari 'lcm';my($n,$d)=split/\//,shift;sub p{print"1/$_[0] "}w +hile(1){my $u=int$d/$n+1;p$u;my $l=lcm$d,$u;$n=$n*$l/$d-$l/$u;$d=$l;p($d),die$/if +$n==1}
Golfing with strictures and warnings is a handicap so (146):
($n,$d)=split/\//,shift;sub p{print"1/$_[0] "}while(1){use Math::Pari lcm;$u=int$d/$n+1;p$u;$l=lcm$d,$u;$n=$n*$l/$d-$l/$u;$d=$l;p($d),die$/i +f$n==1}
Since I am not a golfer either, anyone interested in the starting code can use it to improve things.

Cheers - L~R


In reply to Re: Egyptian fractions (Golf Anyone?) by Limbic~Region
in thread Egyptian fractions by jimt

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