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The '''Chicken McNugget Theorem''' states that for any two relatively prime positive integers <math>m,n</math>, the greatest value that cannot be obtained by repeated addition of the two is  
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The '''Chicken McNugget Theorem''' states that for any two [[relatively prime]] [[positive integer]]s <math>m,n</math>, the greatest integer that cannot be written in the form <math>am + bn</math> for [[nonnegative]] integers <math>a, b</math> is <math>mn-m-n</math>.
<math>mn-m-n</math>.
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Revision as of 19:00, 16 July 2007

The Chicken McNugget Theorem states that for any two relatively prime positive integers $m,n$, the greatest integer that cannot be written in the form $am + bn$ for nonnegative integers $a, b$ is $mn-m-n$.

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