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A186974
Irregular triangle T(n,k), n>=1, 1<=k<=A036234(n), read by rows: T(n,k) is the number of k-element subsets of {1, 2, ..., n} having pairwise coprime elements.
21
1, 2, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 5, 2, 5, 9, 7, 2, 6, 11, 8, 2, 7, 17, 19, 10, 2, 8, 21, 25, 14, 3, 9, 27, 37, 24, 6, 10, 31, 42, 26, 6, 11, 41, 73, 68, 32, 6, 12, 45, 79, 72, 33, 6, 13, 57, 124, 151, 105, 39, 6, 14, 63, 138, 167, 114, 41, 6, 15, 71, 159, 192, 128, 44, 6
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
T(n,k) = 0 for k > A036234(n). The triangle contains all positive values of T.
LINKS
FORMULA
T(n,k) = Sum_{i=1..n} A186972(i,k).
EXAMPLE
T(5,3) = 7 because there are 7 3-element subsets of {1,2,3,4,5} having pairwise coprime elements: {1,2,3}, {1,2,5}, {1,3,4}, {1,3,5}, {1,4,5}, {2,3,5}, {3,4,5}.
Irregular Triangle T(n,k) begins:
1;
2, 1;
3, 3, 1;
4, 5, 2;
5, 9, 7, 2;
6, 11, 8, 2;
7, 17, 19, 10, 2;
MAPLE
with(numtheory):
s:= proc(m, r) option remember; mul(`if`(i<r, i, 1), i=factorset(m)) end:
a:= n-> pi(n) +1:
b:= proc(t, n, k) option remember; local c, d, h;
if k=0 or k>n then 0
elif k=1 then 1
elif k=2 and t=n then `if`(n<2, 0, phi(n))
else c:= 0;
d:= 2-irem(t, 2);
for h from 1 to n-1 by d do
if igcd(t, h)=1 then c:= c +b(s(t*h, h), h, k-1) fi
od; c
fi
end:
T:= proc(n, k) option remember;
b(s(n, n), n, k) +`if`(n<2, 0, T(n-1, k))
end:
seq(seq(T(n, k), k=1..a(n)), n=1..20);
MATHEMATICA
s[m_, r_] := s[m, r] = Product[If[i < r, i, 1], {i, FactorInteger[m][[All, 1]]}]; a[n_] := PrimePi[n]+1; b[t_, n_, k_] := b[t, n, k] = Module[{c, d, h}, Which[k == 0 || k > n, 0, k == 1, 1, k == 2 && t == n, If[n < 2, 0, EulerPhi[n]], True, c = 0; d = 2-Mod[t, 2]; For[h = 1, h <= n-1, h = h+d, If[ GCD[t, h] == 1, c = c + b[s[t*h, h], h, k-1]]]; c]]; t[n_, k_] := t[n, k] = b[s[n, n], n, k] + If[n < 2, 0, t[n-1, k]]; Table[Table[t[n, k], { k, 1, a[n]}], {n, 1, 20}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 17 2013, translated from Maple *)
CROSSREFS
Row sums give A187106.
Rightmost terms of rows give A319187.
Sequence in context: A183110 A117895 A188002 * A286312 A278492 A128139
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Mar 02 2011
STATUS
approved