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Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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On a conjecture of Balog
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 95 (1985), 517-523 Request permission

Abstract:

A conjecture of A. Balog is proved which gives a sufficient condition on a set $A$ of positive integers such that $A \cap (A + 1)$ is infinite. A consequence of this result is that, for every $\varepsilon > 0$, there are infinitely many integers $n$ such that both $n$ and $n + 1$ have a prime factor $> {n^{1 - \varepsilon }}$.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 95 (1985), 517-523
  • MSC: Primary 11A05; Secondary 11B05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0810155-4
  • MathSciNet review: 810155