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Problem of the Month – July, August 2025

Let a, b, c be pairwise relatively prime positive integers satisfying a > bc. For any two positive integers m < n we say that m is a successor of n, if for every pile of stones with weights a, b, c and total weight n, it is possible to remove some stones and obtain a new pile with total weight m. Find the greatest positive integer that does not have any successor.