The set of was divided into three non-empty disjoint sets . Let be the product of all numbers in each set respectively and finally we have determined the greatest common divisor of these three products. What was the biggest result we could get?
Solution
Given the problem, we need to divide the set into three non-empty disjoint sets , , and . Let the product of the numbers in these sets be , , and , respectively. We aim to maximize the greatest common divisor (GCD) of these three products, .
First, calculate the product of all numbers from 1 to 63:
Since , , and together contain each of the numbers exactly once, their combined product is also . Therefore:
To find , we consider the prime factorizations. We utilize the principle that the GCD is maximized when the prime factors are evenly distributed among , , and .
Calculate the prime factorization of . For a prime , the exponent of in is given by:
Compute for each prime number up to 63:
- Prime 2:
- Prime 3:
- Prime 5:
- Prime 7:
- Higher Primes:
Simply calculate based on the limited number of occurrences up to 63.
Distribute these exponents evenly among , , and to maximize the GCD. Note that if a certain power cannot be distributed evenly, a small remainder may be distributed among one or two products, minimizing impact on the GCD:
- Exponents Distribution:
- 2: Divide into
- 3: Divide into
- 5: Divide into or another combination maximizing GCD
- Continue similarly for all smaller primes up to 63.
The resulting maximum GCD, evenly distributing prime factors, would be:
Where the excess factors are allocated optimally for maximizing the GCD.