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Cubefree

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A number is said to be cubefree if its Prime decomposition contains no tripled factors. All Primes are therefore trivially cubefree. The cubefree numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, ... (Sloane's A004709). The cubeful numbers (i.e., those that contain at least one cube) are 8, 16, 24, 27, 32, 40, 48, 54, ... (Sloane's A046099). The number of cubefree numbers less than 10, 100, 1000, ... are 9, 85, 833, 8319, 83190, 831910, ..., and their asymptotic density is $1/\zeta(3)\approx 0.831907$, where $\zeta(n)$ is the Riemann Zeta Function.

See also Biquadratefree, Prime Number, Riemann Zeta Function, Squarefree


References

Sloane, N. J. A. A004709 and A046099 in ``An On-Line Version of the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.'' http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/eisonline.html.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25