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On the greatest prime factor of ab + 1

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We improve some results on the size of the greatest prime factor of the integers of the form ab + 1 where a and b belong to some general given finite sequences A and B with rather large density.

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Fouvry, É. On the greatest prime factor of ab + 1. Indian J Pure Appl Math 45, 583–632 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13226-014-0082-7

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