## The Michigan Mathematical Journal

### Grimm's conjecture and smooth numbers

#### Article information

Source
Michigan Math. J., Volume 61, Issue 1 (2012), 151-160.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 8 March 2012

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.mmj/1331222852

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1307/mmj/1331222852

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2904006

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1300.11094

Subjects
Primary: 11N05: Distribution of primes 111N35 111N37
Secondary: 11L20: Sums over primes 11L26: Sums over arbitrary intervals

#### Citation

Laishram, Shanta; Murty, M. Ram. Grimm's conjecture and smooth numbers. Michigan Math. J. 61 (2012), no. 1, 151--160. doi:10.1307/mmj/1331222852. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.mmj/1331222852

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