OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
A squarefree number with prime factorization prime(m_1) * ... * prime(m_k) is connected if the simple labeled graph with vertex set {m_1,...,m_k} and edges between any two vertices with a common divisor greater than 1 is connected. Connected numbers are listed in A305078.
LINKS
Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
The connected squarefree divisors of 189 are {1, 3, 7, 21}, so a(189) = 21.
MAPLE
issc:= proc(x) local F, G, E, m, i, j; uses GraphTheory, NumberTheory;
if not IsSquareFree(x) then return false fi;
F:= map(pi, ifactors(x)[2][.., 1]); m:= nops(F);
E:= select(t -> igcd(op(t))>1, {seq(seq([F[i], F[j]], j=i+1..m), i=1..m-1)});
G:= Graph(F, E);
IsConnected(G);
end proc:
f:= n -> max(select(issc, NumberTheory:-Divisors(n))):
map(f, [$1..100]); # Robert Israel, Jan 05 2026
MATHEMATICA
primeMS[n_]:=If[n==1, {}, Flatten[Cases[FactorInteger[n], {p_, k_}:>Table[PrimePi[p], {k}]]]];
zsm[s_]:=With[{c=Select[Tuples[Range[Length[s]], 2], And[Less@@#, GCD@@s[[#]]]>1&]}, If[c=={}, s, zsm[Sort[Append[Delete[s, List/@c[[1]]], LCM@@s[[c[[1]]]]]]]]];
Table[Max[Select[Divisors[n], SquareFreeQ[#]&&Length[zsm[primeMS[#]]]<=1&]], {n, 100}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,look
AUTHOR
Gus Wiseman, Oct 20 2019
STATUS
approved
