A309326 BII-numbers of minimal covers.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20, 32, 33, 36, 48, 64, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144, 146, 148, 160, 161, 164, 176, 192, 256, 258, 260, 264, 266, 268, 272, 274, 276, 288, 320, 512, 513, 516, 520, 521, 524, 528, 544, 545, 548

Offset

1,3

Comments

A binary index of n is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. The binary indices of n are row n of A048793. We define the set-system with BII-number n to be obtained by taking the binary indices of each binary index of n. Every finite set of finite nonempty sets has a different BII-number. For example, 18 has reversed binary expansion (0,1,0,0,1), and since the binary indices of 2 and 5 are {2} and {1,3} respectively, the BII-number of {{2},{1,3}} is 18.

Elements of a set-system are sometimes called edges. A minimal cover is a set-system where every edge contains at least one vertex that does not belong to any other edge.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..57.

Example

The sequence of all minimal covers together with their BII-numbers begins:
    0: {}
    1: {{1}}
    2: {{2}}
    3: {{1},{2}}
    4: {{1,2}}
    8: {{3}}
    9: {{1},{3}}
   10: {{2},{3}}
   11: {{1},{2},{3}}
   12: {{1,2},{3}}
   16: {{1,3}}
   18: {{2},{1,3}}
   20: {{1,2},{1,3}}
   32: {{2,3}}
   33: {{1},{2,3}}
   36: {{1,2},{2,3}}
   48: {{1,3},{2,3}}
   64: {{1,2,3}}
  128: {{4}}
  129: {{1},{4}}

Mathematica

bpe[n_]:=Join@@Position[Reverse[IntegerDigits[n, 2]], 1];
Select[Range[0, 1000], And@@Table[Union@@Delete[bpe/@bpe[#], i]!=Union@@bpe/@bpe[#], {i, Length[bpe/@bpe[#]]}]&]

Crossrefs

Cf. A000120, A003465, A006126, A048793, A070939, A293510, A326031, A326702.

Other BII-numbers: A309314 (hyperforests), A326701 (set partitions), A326703 (chains), A326704 (antichains), A326749 (connected), A326750 (clutters), A326751 (blobs), A326752 (hypertrees), A326754 (covers).

Sequence in context: A165564 A326704 A309314 * A326701 A061887 A005455

Adjacent sequences: A309323 A309324 A309325 * A309327 A309328 A309329

Keyword

nonn

Author

Gus Wiseman, Jul 23 2019

Status

approved