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2014

Covering System

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The Non-Existence Of A Covering System With All Moduli Distinct, Large And Square-Free, Melissa Kate Bechard Aug 2014

The Non-Existence Of A Covering System With All Moduli Distinct, Large And Square-Free, Melissa Kate Bechard

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The work in this thesis is based on a paper written by Bob Hough in 2013. This thesis addresses the conjecture posed by Erdos that the least modulus for a covering system can be arbitrarily large. Hough proves the least modulus cannot be arbitrarily large. In this thesis, we present Hough’s proof for the case of square-free moduli.