A326358 Number of maximal antichains of subsets of {1..n}.

1, 2, 3, 7, 29, 376, 31746, 123805914

Offset: 0

Author

Gus Wiseman, Jul 01 2019

Keywords

• nonn
• more

Comments

A set system (set of sets) is an antichain if no element is a subset of any other.

Examples

			The a(0) = 1 through a(3) = 7 maximal antichains:
  {}  {}   {}      {}
      {1}  {12}    {123}
           {1}{2}  {1}{23}
                   {2}{13}
                   {3}{12}
                   {1}{2}{3}
                   {12}{13}{23}
		

Links

• Denis Bouyssou, Thierry Marchant, and Marc Pirlot, ELECTRE TRI-nB, pseudo-disjunctive: axiomatic and combinatorial results, arXiv:2410.18443 [cs.DM], 2024. See p. 14.
• Dmitry I. Ignatov, A Note on the Number of (Maximal) Antichains in the Lattice of Set Partitions. In: Ojeda-Aciego, M., Sauerwald, K., Jäschke, R. (eds) Graph-Based Representation and Reasoning. ICCS 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(). Springer, Cham.
• Dmitry I. Ignatov, On the Number of Maximal Antichains in Boolean Lattices for n up to 7. Lobachevskii J. Math., 44 (2023), 137-146.

Crossrefs

Antichains of sets are A000372.

Minimal covering antichains are A046165.

Maximal intersecting antichains are A007363.

Maximal antichains of nonempty sets are A326359.

Cf. A003182, A006126, A006602, A014466, A058891, A261005, A305000, A305001, A305844, A326360, A326361, A326362, A326363.

Programs

GAP

LoadPackage("grape");
      maxachP:=function(n) local g,G;
       g:=Graph(Group(()), Combinations([1..n]), function(x, g) return x; end,
          function(x, y) return not IsSubset(x, y) and not IsSubset(y, x); end, true);
       G:=AutGroupGraph(g);
       return Sum(CompleteSubgraphs(NewGroupGraph(G, g), -1, 2),
              function(c) return Length(Orbit(G, c, OnSets)); end);
     end;
       List([0..7],maxachP); # Mamuka Jibladze, Jan 26 2021

Mathematica

stableSets[u_,Q_]:=If[Length[u]==0,{{}},With[{w=First[u]},Join[stableSets[DeleteCases[u,w],Q],Prepend[#,w]&/@stableSets[DeleteCases[u,r_/;r==w||Q[r,w]||Q[w,r]],Q]]]];
fasmax[y_]:=Complement[y,Union@@(Most[Subsets[#]]&/@y)];
Table[Length[fasmax[stableSets[Subsets[Range[n]],SubsetQ]]],{n,0,5}]
(* alternatively *)
maxachP[n_]:=FindIndependentVertexSet[
  Flatten[Map[Function[s, Map[# \[DirectedEdge] s &, Most[Subsets[s]]]],
    Subsets[Range[n]]]], Infinity, All];
Table[Length[maxachP[n]],{n,0,6}] (* Mamuka Jibladze, Jan 25 2021 *)

Formula

For n > 0, a(n) = A326359(n) + 1.

Extensions

a(6)-a(7) from Mamuka Jibladze, Jan 26 2021