[HM] References about an arihmetical result

Jacques Lubczanski (Lubczanski@aol.com)
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 08:29:47 EST

I am searching when, and where the following result appeared for
the first time:

"Given two primes p and q, any integer n greater than p*q - (p+q)
is equal to px + qy, for some positive integers x,y"

Thank you for any answer, or any hint

Jacques Lubczanski
"Tangente" magazine
Ivry sur Seine
France