Ayad, Mohamed; Coia, Vincenzo; Kihel, Omar

The number of relatively prime subsets of a finite union of sets of consecutive integers

J. Integer Seq. 17(3), Article 14.3.7, 8 p., electronic only (2014)

Summary

Summary: Let $A$ be a finite union of disjoint sets of consecutive integers and let $n$ be a positive integer. We give a formula for the number of relatively prime subsets (resp., relatively prime subsets of cardinality $k$) of $A$, which generalizes results of Nathanson, El Bachraoui and others. We give as well similar formulas for the number of subsets with gcd coprime to $n$.

Keywords/Phrases

phi function, relatively prime set, combinatorial identity

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