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The so-called Frobenius number in the famous linear Diophantine problem of Frobenius is the largest integer such that the linear equation $a_1 x_1+\cdots+a_k x_k=n$ ($a_1,\dots,a_k$ are given positive integers with $\gcd(a_1,\dots,a_k)=1$)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Takao Komatsu , Haotian Ying

For positive integers $a$, $b$, and $c$ which have no common divisor, the Frobenius number of $a$, $b$ and $c$ is defined to be the largest integer that cannot be expressed as a linear combination of $a$, $b$ and $c$ with non-negative…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Peter Suhajda , Anitha Thillaisundaram

Given coprime positive integers $a_1 < ...< a_d$, the Frobenius number $F$ is the largest integer which is not representable as a non-negative integer combination of the $a_i$. Let $g$ denote the number of all non-representable positive…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-21 Alessio Moscariello , Alessio Sammartano

Let $A=(a_1, a_2, ..., a_n)$ be relative prime positive integers with $a_i\geq 2$. The Frobenius number $F(A)$ is the largest integer not belonging to the numerical semigroup $\langle A\rangle$ generated by $A$. The genus $g(A)$ is the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Feihu Liu , Guoce Xin , Suting Ye , Jingjing Yin

For $ k \geq 2 $, we let $ A = (a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{k}) $ be a $k$-tuple of positive integers with $\gcd(a_{1}, a_2, \ldots, a_k) =1$ and, for a non-negative integer $s$, the generalized Frobenius number of $A$, $g(A;s) = g(a_1, a_2,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Kittipong Subwattanachai

We study variants of the \emph{Frobenius coin-exchange problem}: given $n$ positive relatively prime parameters, what is the largest integer that cannot be represented as a nonnegative integral linear combination of the given integers? This…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-12-21 Leonardo Bardomero , Matthias Beck

The Frobenius number $g(S)$ of a set $S$ of non-negative integers with $\gcd 1$ is the largest integer not expressible as a linear combination of elements of $S$. Given a sequence ${\bf s} = (s_i)_{i \geq 0}$, we can define the associated…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-23 Jeffrey Shallit

In the Frobenius problem we are given a set of coprime, positive integers $a_1, a_2,...,a_k$, and are interested in the set of positive numbers NR that have no representation by the linear form $\sum_i a_ix_i$ in nonnegative integers $x_1,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hans J. H. Tuenter

The greatest integer that does not belong to $S$ is the Frobenius number of $S$ and denoted by $F(S)$. To solve the Frobenius problem means the study to find $F(S)$. The Frobenius problem have treated steadily for a long time. In this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-04 Kyunghwan Song

The Frobenius number for a set of relatively prime positive integers, where the smallest integer in the set is at least 2, is the largest integer that cannot be expressed as a nonnegative linear combination of those integers. We analyze the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Xinxin Fang

The greatest integer that does not belong to a numerical semigroup $S$ is called the Frobenius number of $S$, and finding the Frobenius number is called the Frobenius problem. In this paper, we solve the Frobenius problem for the numerical…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-06 WonTae Hwang , Kyunghwan Song

Given relatively prime integers $a_1, \dotsc, a_n$, the Frobenius number $g(a_1, \dotsc, a_n)$ is defined as the largest integer which cannot be expressed as $x_1 a_1 + \dotsb + x_n a_n$ with $x_i$ nonnegative integers. In this article, we…

For a non-negative integer $p$, one of the generalized Frobenius numbers, that is called the $p$-Frobenius number, is the largest integer that is represented at most in $p$ ways as a linear combination with nonnegative integer coefficients…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Takao Komatsu

For given coprime positive integers $a$ and $b$, the classical Frobenius coin problem asked to find the largest number that cannot be expressed in the form $ax+by$ for nonnegative integers $x$ and $y$, also known as the Frobenius number.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Damanvir Singh Binner

We consider a generalization of the Frobenius Problem where the object of interest is the greatest integer which has exactly $j$ representations by a collection of positive relatively prime integers. We prove an analogue of a theorem of…

Given coprime positive integers $g_1 < \ldots < g_e$, the Frobenius number $F=F(g_1,\ldots,g_e)$ is the largest integer not representable as a linear combination of $g_1,\ldots,g_e$ with non-negative integer coefficients. Let $n$ denote the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-08-31 Marco D'Anna , Alessio Moscariello

The greatest integer that does not belong to a numerical semigroup S is called the Frobenius number of S, and finding the Frobenius number is called the Frobenius problem. In this paper, we solve the Frobenius problem for shifted square…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Kyunghwan Song

We study commutative algebra arising from generalised Frobenius numbers. The $k$-th (generalised) Frobenius number of natural numbers $(a_1,\dots,a_n)$ is the largest natural number that cannot be written as a non-negative integral…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Madhusudan Manjunath , Ben Smith

In this paper, as a main theorem, we prove that the decision version of the Frobenius problem is Sigma_2^P-complete under Karp reductions.Given a finite set A of coprime positive integers, we call the greatest integer that cannot be…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-11-16 Shunichi Matsubara

The greatest integer that does not belong to a numerical semigroup $S$ is called the Frobenius number of $S$ and finding the Frobenius number is called the Frobenius problem. In this paper, we introduce the Frobenius problem for numerical…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-08-24 Kyunghwan Song