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Unpublished papers, 'On the greatest prime factor of ax^m + by^n' by K [Kurt] Mahler and 'Over een maximumprobleem uit de rekenkunde' [On a maximum problem in arithmetic] by Mahler and J [Jan] Popken

Reference number: AP/81/2

Date: 1953

Description

Two printed papers from the Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde [New Archive for Mathematics], the first concerning prime factors, and the second concerning a theory for a maximum problem in arithmetic.

Includes 25 pages of geometrical diagrams.

Subject: Geometry / Arithmetic

Reference number
AP/81/2
Earliest possible date
1953
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Ink on paper
Page extent
50 pages
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Printed
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Kurt Mahler

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Jan Popken

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Kurt Mahler, Jan Popken, Unpublished papers, 'On the greatest prime factor of ax^m + by^n' by K [Kurt] Mahler and 'Over een maximumprobleem uit de rekenkunde' [On a maximum problem in arithmetic] by Mahler and J [Jan] Popken, 1953, AP/81/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_81_2/unpublished-papers-on-the-greatest-prime-factor-of-axm-byn-by-k-kurt-mahler-and-over-een-maximumprobleem-uit-de-rekenkunde-on-a-maximum-problem-in-arithmetic-by-mahler-and-j-jan-popken, accessed on 14 December 2025

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