The greatest prime divisor of a product of terms in an arithmetic progression (Q855791)

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The greatest prime divisor of a product of terms in an arithmetic progression
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    7 December 2006
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    The main result of this paper is the following: Theorem. Let \(d\) and \(k\) be rational integers \({}\geq 3\), then the greatest prime factor of the product \(n(n+d)\cdots (n+(k-1)d)\) is \({}>2k\), except for finitely many (explicitly given) exceptions. The proof is very delicate and contains the study of many subcases. The results used are also numerous and of a great variety.
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    greatest prime factor products of integers in arithmetic progressions
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