A077011 Triangle in which the n-th row contains all possible products of n-1 of the first n primes in ascending order.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 15, 30, 42, 70, 105, 210, 330, 462, 770, 1155, 2310, 2730, 4290, 6006, 10010, 15015, 30030, 39270, 46410, 72930, 102102, 170170, 255255, 510510, 570570, 746130, 881790, 1385670, 1939938, 3233230, 4849845, 9699690, 11741730

Offset

1,2

Comments

A024451(n) gives the sum of the n-th row.

When the triangle is parsed in blocks of ascending length, as shown in the example, there is the following interpretation: The integers Z regarded as a module over themselves contain unshortenable generating sets of different lengths, in fact, infinitely many of each desired length. Each of the blocks is the minimal example of an unshortenable generating set of the respective length. For example, {6,10,15} generates Z as 1=6+10-15. However, removing one of the numbers leaves two numbers that are not relatively prime, precluding generation of Z. An analogous argument succeeds for all other blocks alike. Each block contains numbers such that there is no prime factor common to all. Taking differences sufficiently often one ends up with two coprime numbers whence the generating property follows from Bézout's theorem. If just one number is removed from the set, relative primality is lost. The minimality of the numbers used in each block is evident from the construction. - Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Oct 04 2006

Links

Alois P. Heinz, Rows n = 1..130, flattened

Example

Triangle begins:
      1;
      2,     3;
      6,    10,    15;
     30,    42,    70,   105;
    210,   330,   462,   770,   1155;
   2310,  2730,  4290,  6006,  10010,  15015;
  30030, 39270, 46410, 72930, 102102, 170170, 255255;
  ...

Maple

T:= proc(n) local t;
      t:= mul(ithprime(i), i=1..n);
      seq(t/ithprime(n-i), i=0..n-1)
    end:
seq(T(n), n=1..10);  # Alois P. Heinz, Jun 04 2012

Mathematica

T[n_] := Module[{t = Product[Prime[i], {i, 1, n}]}, Table[t/Prime[n - i], {i, 0, n - 1}]];
Table[T[n], {n, 1, 10}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, May 19 2016, translated from Maple *)

Crossrefs

Row sums give A024451.

Reversal of A258566.

Sequence in context: A018141 A178659 A268064 * A246868 A370819 A055789

Adjacent sequences: A077008 A077009 A077010 * A077012 A077013 A077014

Keyword

nonn,tabl

Author

Amarnath Murthy, Oct 26 2002

Extensions

More terms from Sascha Kurz, Jan 26 2003

Status

approved