$$m < n \iff [p_1^{a_1},p_2^{a_2},\cdots,p_r^{a_r}]<[q_1^{b_1},q_2^{b_2},\cdots,q_s^{b_s}]$$$$m \vartriangleleft n :\iff [(p_1,a_1),(p_2,a_2),\cdots,(p_r,a_r)] \prec [(q_1,b_1),(q_2,b_2),\cdots,(q_s,b_s)]$$
where the right hand side $<$$\prec$ is the lexicographic sortingordering of the two lists, where $(p,a) \prec (q,b) :\iff p < q \text{ or } ( p=q \text{ and } a < b)$ and for two prime powers this coincides with the list is sorted by usual sortingabsolute value: $p^a < q^b$$p_i < p_{i+1}$.
For instance for $n=1,\cdots , 10 $ we get the following sortingExample:
- For instance for $n=1,\cdots , 10 $ we get the following sorting:
$$1, 2, 6, 10, 4, 8, 3, 9, 5, 7$$
2)
Examples :
sorted by absolute value: $[2, 7, 11, 30, 60, 121]$
lexicographically sorted: $[2, 30, 60, 7, 11, 121]$
[(2, 1)] = [(2, 1)]
[(2, 1)] < [(7, 1)]
[(2, 1)] < [(11, 1)]
[(2, 1)] < [(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(2, 1)] < [(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(2, 1)] < [(11, 2)]
[(7, 1)] > [(2, 1)]
[(7, 1)] = [(7, 1)]
[(7, 1)] < [(11, 1)]
[(7, 1)] > [(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(7, 1)] > [(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(7, 1)] < [(11, 2)]
[(11, 1)] > [(2, 1)]
[(11, 1)] > [(7, 1)]
[(11, 1)] = [(11, 1)]
[(11, 1)] > [(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(11, 1)] > [(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(11, 1)] < [(11, 2)]
[(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)] > [(2, 1)]
[(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)] < [(7, 1)]
[(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)] < [(11, 1)]
[(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)] = [(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)] < [(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)] < [(11, 2)]
[(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)] > [(2, 1)]
[(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)] < [(7, 1)]
[(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)] < [(11, 1)]
[(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)] > [(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)] = [(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)] < [(11, 2)]
[(11, 2)] > [(2, 1)]
[(11, 2)] > [(7, 1)]
[(11, 2)] > [(11, 1)]
[(11, 2)] > [(2, 1), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(11, 2)] > [(2, 2), (3, 1), (5, 1)]
[(11, 2)] = [(11, 2)]
Counting the size of the blocks on the main diagonal, we find the following OEIS sequence:
$$0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 5, 2, 1, 1, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 10, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 10, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 11, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 11, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1$$
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