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 June 20th, 2016, 10:16 AM #1 Newbie   Joined: Jun 2016 From: Arizona Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Algorithm Help Hello, I am trying to find an efficient algorithm to get the following information. Find A, B given integer N >= 1 where 8N = (A * B) + A and ABS(A - B) is the minimum value given N. Does anyone have any pointers, or has seen a similar algorithm out there? It is similar to factorization algorithms, but the + A portion is throwing a wrench in my ideas.
 June 30th, 2016, 07:17 AM #2 Senior Member     Joined: Dec 2013 From: some subspace Posts: 212 Thanks: 72 Math Focus: real analysis, vector analysis, numerical analysis, discrete mathematics $\displaystyle ab + a = a(b+1)$ So you can use factorization. Thanks from manus
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