A326703 BII-numbers of chains of nonempty sets.

0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 16, 17, 24, 32, 34, 40, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 80, 81, 88, 96, 98, 104, 128, 256, 257, 384, 512, 514, 640, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1152, 1280, 1281, 1408, 1536, 1538, 1664, 2048, 2056, 2176, 4096, 4097, 4104, 4112, 4113, 4120

Offset

1,3

Comments

A binary index of n is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. 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, it follows that the BII-number of {{2},{1,3}} is 18.

Elements of a set-system are sometimes called edges. In a chain of sets, every edge is a subset or superset of every other edge.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..55.

Example

The sequence of all chains of nonempty sets together with their BII-numbers begins:
    0: {}
    1: {{1}}
    2: {{2}}
    4: {{1,2}}
    5: {{1},{1,2}}
    6: {{2},{1,2}}
    8: {{3}}
   16: {{1,3}}
   17: {{1},{1,3}}
   24: {{3},{1,3}}
   32: {{2,3}}
   34: {{2},{2,3}}
   40: {{3},{2,3}}
   64: {{1,2,3}}
   65: {{1},{1,2,3}}
   66: {{2},{1,2,3}}
   68: {{1,2},{1,2,3}}
   69: {{1},{1,2},{1,2,3}}
   70: {{2},{1,2},{1,2,3}}
   72: {{3},{1,2,3}}
   80: {{1,3},{1,2,3}}
   81: {{1},{1,3},{1,2,3}}
   88: {{3},{1,3},{1,2,3}}
   96: {{2,3},{1,2,3}}
   98: {{2},{2,3},{1,2,3}}

Mathematica

bpe[n_]:=Join@@Position[Reverse[IntegerDigits[n, 2]], 1];
stableQ[u_, Q_]:=!Apply[Or, Outer[#1=!=#2&&Q[#1, #2]&, u, u, 1], {0, 1}];
Select[Range[0, 100], stableQ[bpe/@bpe[#], !SubsetQ[#1, #2]&&!SubsetQ[#2, #1]&]&]

Crossrefs

Chains of nonempty sets are counted by A000629.

MM-numbers of chains of multisets are A318991.

BII-numbers of antichains of nonempty sets are A326704.

Cf. A000120, A014466, A029931, A035327, A048793, A070939, A326031, A326701, A326702.

Sequence in context: A326905 A327061 A326913 * A244008 A104704 A169884

Adjacent sequences: A326700 A326701 A326702 * A326704 A326705 A326706

Keyword

nonn

Author

Gus Wiseman, Jul 21 2019

Status

approved