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A variance method in combinatorial number theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

Ian Anderson
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University of Glasgow
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Let s = s(a1, a2,...., ar) denote the number of integer solutions of the equation

subject to the conditions

the ai being given positive integers, and square brackets denoting the integral part. Clearly s (a1,..., ar) is also the number s = s(m) of divisors of which contain exactly λ prime factors counted according to multiplicity, and is therefore, as is proved in [1], the cardinality of the largest possible set of divisors of m, no one of which divides another.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1969

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