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The first elements of the quotient of a numerical semigroup by a positive integer

Number Theory 2015-04-14 v3

Abstract

Given three pairwise coprime positive integers a1,a2,a3Z+a_1,a_2,a_3 \in \mathbb{Z}^+ we show the existence of a relation between the sets of the first elements of the three quotients ai,ajak\frac{\langle a_i,a_j \rangle}{a_k} that can be made for every {i.j,k}={1,2,3}\{i.j,k\}=\{1,2,3\}. Then we use this result to give an improved version of Johnson's semi-explicit formula for the Frobenius number g(a1,a2,a3)g(a_1,a_2,a_3) without restriction on the choice of a1,a2,a3a_1,a_2,a_3 and to give an explicit formula for a particular class of numerical semigroups.

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@article{arxiv.1312.7185,
  title  = {The first elements of the quotient of a numerical semigroup by a positive integer},
  author = {Alessio Moscariello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.7185},
  year   = {2015}
}

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