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An Application of a Generalization of Terquem's Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Stephen M. Tanny*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
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Moser and Abramson [4] proved: given m≥2 and 0≤kl, k2, …, kp<m, the number of p-combinations

satisfying

is

1

([x] denotes the greatest integer ≤x).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

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