Reciprocals of Half Primes
expressed as sums of reciprocals.

 

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The proper ratio  , where p is an odd prime, can be written as the sum of two unit fractions.

The smallest even number greater than p is p + 1

So using Sylvester's Rule we get,

 

For example,

  

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