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

Author

Gus Wiseman, Jul 23 2019

Keywords

• nonn

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.

Examples

			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}}
		

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).

Programs

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[#]]}]&]