A015617 Number of (unordered) triples of integers from [1,n] with no common factors between pairs.
0, 0, 1, 2, 7, 8, 19, 25, 37, 42, 73, 79, 124, 138, 159, 183, 262, 277, 378, 405, 454, 491, 640, 668, 794, 850, 959, 1016, 1257, 1285, 1562, 1668, 1805, 1905, 2088, 2150, 2545, 2673, 2866, 2968, 3457, 3522, 4063, 4228, 4431, 4620, 5269, 5385, 5936
Offset: 1
Keywords
Examples
For n=5, there are a(5)=7 triples: (1,2,3), (1,2,5), (1,3,4), (1,3,5), (1,4,5), (2,3,5) and (3,4,5) out of binomial(5,3) = 10 triples of distinct integers <= 5.
Links
- Charles R Greathouse IV, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Crossrefs
Programs
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Mathematica
a[n_] := Select[Subsets[Range[n], {3}], And @@ (GCD @@ # == 1 & /@ Subsets[#, {2}]) &] // Length; a /@ Range[49] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jul 11 2011 *)
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PARI
a(n)=sum(a=1,n-2,sum(b=a+1,n-1,sum(c=b+1,n, gcd(a,b)==1 && gcd(a,c)==1 && gcd(b,c)==1))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 28 2015
Formula
For large n one can show that a(n) ~ C*binomial(n,3), where C = 0.28674... = A065473. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 06 2011.
a(n) = Sum_{r=1..n} Sum_{k=1..r} A186230(r,k). - Alois P. Heinz, Feb 17 2011
Extensions
Added one example and 2 cross-references. - Olivier Gérard, Feb 06 2011.
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