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Frobenius numbers

Frobenius numbers is the plural of Frobenius number.

Meaning of Frobenius number

Noun

Frobenius number (plural Frobenius numbers)

  1. For a given set of coprime positive integers, the greatest integer that cannot be expressed as a linear combination (with nonnegative integer coefficients) of its elements.
    • The Frobenius number of 2 and 5 is 3, since 3 cannot be formed as a sum of twos and fives while every larger integer can.

Questions about Frobenius numbers

What is Frobenius numbers the plural of?
Frobenius numbers is the plural of Frobenius number.

Words near Frobenius numbers in the dictionary

  1. Frobenius covariant
  2. Frobenius covariants
  3. Frobenius endomorphism
  4. Frobenius endomorphisms
  5. Frobenius number
  6. Frobenius numbers
  7. Froberg
  8. Frobergs
  9. Frobisher
  10. Frobisher Bay
  11. frobnicate

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