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A026438
a(n) = least positive integer > a(n-1) and not a(i)*a(j)-1 for 1 <= i <= j < n, n >= 2.
3
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 100, 101, 102, 103
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
MATHEMATICA
a = {1, 3}; used = Flatten@Outer[Times, a, a] - 1; Do[k = a[[-1]] + 1; While[MemberQ[used, k], k++]; AppendTo[a, k]; used = Union[used, k*a - 1], {n, 3, 60}]; a (* Ivan Neretin, Feb 15 2018 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A026437 and references therein.
Sequence in context: A039096 A083121 A298006 * A026442 A334763 A307712
KEYWORD
nonn
STATUS
approved