Primitive Sequence
A sequence in which no term divides any other. Let
be the set
{1,...,n}" src="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/PrimitiveSequence/Inline2.gif" style="height:15px; width:54px" />, then the number of primitive subsets of
are 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 33, 45, 73, 103, 205, 253, ... (OEIS A051026). For example, the five primitive sequences in
are
,
{1}" src="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/PrimitiveSequence/Inline6.gif" style="height:15px; width:17px" />,
{2}" src="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/PrimitiveSequence/Inline7.gif" style="height:15px; width:17px" />,
{2,3}" src="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/PrimitiveSequence/Inline8.gif" style="height:15px; width:32px" />,
{3}" src="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/PrimitiveSequence/Inline9.gif" style="height:15px; width:17px" />,
{3,4}" src="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/PrimitiveSequence/Inline10.gif" style="height:15px; width:32px" />, and
{4}" src="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/PrimitiveSequence/Inline11.gif" style="height:15px; width:17px" />.
REFERENCES:
Guy, R. K. Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 202, 1994.
Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A051026 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."