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This sequence is a permutation of A050376, so every positive integer is the product of a unique subset, S_factors, of its terms. If we restrict S_factors to be chosen from a subset, S_0, consisting of numbers from specified rows and/or columns of this array, there are notable sequences among those that may be generated. See the examples. Other notable sequences can be generated if we restrict the intersection of S_factors with specific rows/columns to have even cardinality. In any of the foregoing cases, the numbers in the resulting sequence form a group under the binary operation A059897(.,.).

Shares with array A246278 the property that columns grow downward by iterating A003961, and indeed, this array can be obtained from A246278 by selecting its columns 1, 2, 8, 128, ..., 2^((2^k)-1), for k >= 0.

A(n,k) is the image of the lattice point with coordinates X=n and Y=k under the inverse of the bijection f defined in the first comment of A306697. This geometric relationship can be used to construct an isomorphism from the polynomial ring GF(2)[x,y] to a ring over the positive integers, using methods similar to those for constructing A297845 and A306697. See A329329, the ring's multiplicative operator, for details.

The first column of the array is given by A123098; subsequent columns are obtained by applying the function A003961, i.e., replacing each prime factor by the next larger prime. - M. F. Hasler, Sep 17 2016

Interpretation with respect to A329329 from Peter Munn, Feb 08 2020: (Start)

With respect to the ring defined by A329329 and A059897, the first row gives powers of 3, the first column gives powers of 6, both in order of increasing exponent, and the body of the table gives their products. A329049 is the equivalent table in which the first column gives powers of 4.

A099884 is the equivalent table for the ring defined by A048720 and A003987. That ring is an image of the polynomial ring GF(2)[x] using a standard representation of the polynomials as integers. A329329 describes a comparable mapping to integers from the related polynomial ring GF(2)[x,y].

Using these mappings, the tables here and in A099884 are matching images: the first row represents powers of x, the first column represents powers of (x+1) and the body of the table gives their products.

Hugo van der Sanden's formula (see formula section) indicates that A019565 provides a mapping from A099884. In the wider terms described above, A019565 is an injective homomorphism between images of the 2 polynomial rings, and maps the image of each GF(2)[x] polynomial to the image of the equivalent GF(2)[x,y] polynomial.

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