Let To(k) denote the number of solutions of ∑i=1kxi1=1
in odd numbers 1<x1<x2<...<xk. It is clear that To(2k)=0. For distinct
primes p1,p2,...,pt, let $S(p_1, p_2,…,
p_t)={p_1^{\alpha_1}…p_t^{\alpha_t}\mid \alpha_i\in N0, i=1,2,…,
t}.LetT_k(p_1,…, p_t)bethenumberofsolutions\sum{i=1}^{k}\frac
1{x_i}=1with1<x_1<x_2<…<x_{k}andx_i\in S(p_1, p_2,…, p_t)$. It is
clear that if Tk(p1,...,pt)=0 for some k, then the inverse sum of
all elements sj>1 in S(p1,p2,...,pt) is more than 1.
In this paper we study To(k) and Tk(p1,...,pt). Three of our results
are:
To(2k+1)≥(2)(k+1)(k−4) for all k≥4;
if the inverse sum of all elements sj>1 in S(p1,p2,...,pt) is
more than 1, then Tk(p1,...,pt)=0 for infinitely many k and the
set of these k is the union of finitely many arithmetic progressions;
there exists two constants k0=k0(p1,...,pt)>1 and $c=c(p_1,…,
p_t)>1suchthatforanyk>k_0wehaveeitherT_k(p_1,…, p_t)= 0orT_k(p_1,…, p_t)>c^k$.