Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4595206 Journal of Number Theory 2007 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

Given N⩾2 positive integers a1,a2,…,aN with GCD(a1,…,aN)=1, let fN denote the largest natural number which is not a positive integer combination of a1,…,aN. This paper gives an optimal lower bound for fN in terms of the absolute inhomogeneous minimum of the standard (N−1)-simplex.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory