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A polynomial is called flat iff it is of height 1, where the height is the largest absolute value of the coefficients.

A cyclotomic polynomial phi(n) is said of order 3 iff n=pqr with distinct (usually odd) primes p,q,r.

It is well known that phi(n) is flat if n has less than 3 odd prime factors, so this sequence includes all numbers of the form 2pq, with primes q>p>2, i.e. A075819. Sequence A117223 lists the complement, i.e. odd terms in this sequence, which start with 231 = 3*7*11.

Moreover, Kaplan shows that the present sequence also includes pqr if r = +-1 (mod pq). Sequence A160352 lists the subsequence of all such numbers, while A160354 lists elements which are not of this form.

The cyclotomic polynomial Phi[pqr] can only have coefficients with absolute value > 1 if p,q,r are distinct odd primes, that's why we require 2 < p < q < r. If any of these inequalities is replaced by equality, then Phi[pqr] necessarily has only zero or unit (+-1) coefficients. Sequence A159908 counts all possibilities including these trivial cases.