Difference between revisions of "Frobenius number"
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| + | Let $S=\{a_1,\ldots,a_k\}$ be a finite set of positive integers with greatest common divisor $1$. The Frobenius number of $S$ is the largest natural number that cannot be written as a linear integer combination of the $a_i$ with non-negative coefficients. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:24, 10 August 2014
Let $S=\{a_1,\ldots,a_k\}$ be a finite set of positive integers with greatest common divisor $1$. The Frobenius number of $S$ is the largest natural number that cannot be written as a linear integer combination of the $a_i$ with non-negative coefficients.
See Frobenius problem.
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Frobenius number. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Frobenius_number&oldid=15010
Frobenius number. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Frobenius_number&oldid=15010
This article was adapted from an original article by M. Hazewinkel (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article