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On representing integers as products of integers of a prescribed type

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

P. D. T. A. Elliott
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsUniversity of CloardoBoulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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A general group-theoretic procedure is indicated for representing rational integers as products of other integers. A detailed example is given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1983

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