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A026416
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A 2-way classification of integers: a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2 and for n > 2, a(n) is the smallest number not of the form a(i)*a(j) for 1 <= i < j < n.
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21
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 49, 53, 54, 56, 59, 61, 66, 67, 70, 71, 73, 78, 79, 81, 83, 88, 89, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 113, 114, 121, 127, 128, 130, 131, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139
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OFFSET
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1,2
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COMMENTS
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An equivalent definition is: a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2; and for n > 2, a(n) = least positive integer > a(n-1) and not of the form a(i)*a(j) for 1 <= i < j < n.
a(2) to a(29) match the initial terms of A000028. [corrected by Peter Munn, Mar 15 2019]
1) The sequence does not contain (for example) 140, so is different from A000028.
2) Representation of numbers which are absent in the sequence as a product of two different terms of the sequence is, generally speaking, not unique. For example, 210 = 2*105 = 3*70 = 5*42 = 7*30.
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Excluding a(1) = 1, the lexicographically earliest sequence of distinct nonnegative integers such that no term is a product of 2 distinct terms. Removing the latter distinctness requirement, the sequence becomes A026424; and the equivalent sequence where the product is of 2 or more distinct terms is A050376. A000028 is similarly the equivalent sequence when A059897 is used as multiplicative operator in place of standard integer multiplication. - Peter Munn, Mar 15 2019
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EXAMPLE
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a(8) is not 10 because we already have 10 = 2*5. Of course all primes appear. 16 appears because 16 is not a product of earlier terms.
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MATHEMATICA
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a[1]=1; a[2]=2; a[n_] := a[n] = For[k = a[n-1] + 1, True, k++, If[ FreeQ[ Table[ a[i]*a[j], {i, 1, n-2}, {j, i+1, n-1}], k], Return[k]]]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 101}] (* Jean-François Alcover, May 16 2013 *)
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CROSSREFS
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Related sequences with definition using any products (not necessarily distinct) and with various starting conditions: A026422 (1,2),A026423 (1,3), A026424 (2,3), A026425 (1,4), A026426 (2,4), A026427 (3,4).
See also families of related sequences: A026431 (excluding product-1), A026443 (excluding product+2), A026453 (excluding product-2) and references therein.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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EXTENSIONS
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STATUS
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approved
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