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On a Conjecture of Graham Concerning a Sequence of Integers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

E. Z. Chein*
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Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Let 0<a1<…<an be integers and (a, b) denotes the greatest common divisor of a, b. R. L. Graham [1] has conjectured that

for some i and j. In a recent paper Weinstein [2] has improved Winterle's result [3] and has proven the following interesting theorem:

If A is the sequence a1< … <an where ak = P, a prime for some k and , then

.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1978

References

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