# express rational number as sum of squares of unit fraction

Let $q$ be a rational number with $0\lt q\leq\dfrac{\pi^2}6-1$. Then show that there exists a set $S\subset \{2,3,4,\dotsc\}$, such that

$$q=\sum_{n\in S}\frac1{n^2}$$

I have no clue about it. Could anyone help me? Thanks a lot.

p.s. I encountered it when surfing the Internet. I only know the problem was from a math student who got perfect score on the IMO

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What is $\sum_{n=2}^\infty \frac1{n^2}$? –  LutzL Dec 30 '13 at 18:35
You seem to posting a large number of unmotivated questions with no evidence of any efforts of your own to solve them, and most phrased as imperatives ("show", "prove", etc.). Are you just copying all the problems you have found in a book, or do you actually have any interest in the solutions that people are posting –  Old John Dec 30 '13 at 22:03
@ziangchen So, have you tried anything? Have you thought about it? Where did you find it? –  Matthew Conroy Dec 30 '13 at 22:04
@ziangchen I don't know what that means. –  Matthew Conroy Dec 30 '13 at 23:06