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Let us call a collection $\mathcal{F} \subseteq \mathcal{P}(X)$ special if it satisfies the following two conditions:

  1. $\emptyset, X \in \mathcal{F}$
  2. For all $U, V \in \mathcal{F}$, it holds that $U \cap V \in \mathcal{F}$.

We can list and evaluate the number of special collections on a finite labeled set of $n$ elements with the following code:

Table[Length[
  Select[Subsets[Subsets[Range[n]]], 
   And[MemberQ[#, {}], MemberQ[#, Range[n]], 
     SubsetQ[#, Intersection @@@ Tuples[#, 2]]] &]], {n, 0, 4}]

Let us introduce another condition that special collections may satisfy:

  1. For all $S \subseteq X$, the statement $ \forall x,y \in S : \mathrm{cl}(\left \{ x,y \right \})\subseteq S$ implies $S \in \mathcal{F}$,

where the closure $\mathrm{cl}(A)$ is defined as $$\mathrm{cl}(A)=\bigcap \left \{ U : U\supseteq A \wedge U \in \mathcal{F} \right \}$$ for all $A \subseteq X$. In the condition 3, it may also be that $x=y$.

Let $a(n)$ denote the number of special collections on a finite labeled set of $n$ elements that also satisfy condition 3.

Can someone help me write a code to list all such collections and calculate $a(n)$ for $n \leq 4$?

For example, $a(2)=4$ since all of the collections;

{{}, {1,2}}

{{}, {1}, {1,2}}

{{}, {2}, {1,2}}

{{}, {1}, {2}, {1,2}}

satisfy conditions 1, 2 and 3.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you. Did it. $\endgroup$
    – user227351
    Commented Jun 30, 2023 at 13:46
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    $\begingroup$ I missed this in your definition: it could be $\forall_S\forall_{\{x,y\}}(\text{abc}\implies\text{xyz})$ or $\forall_S(\forall_{\{x,y\}}\text{abc})\implies\text{xyz}$. The latter is correct. $\endgroup$
    – Adam
    Commented Jul 4, 2023 at 2:31

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Condition 3 is equivalent to $\forall_{S\not\in\mathcal F}\neg\forall_{\{x,y\}\subseteq S}\mathrm{cl}(\{x,y\})\subseteq S$. This can be seen by expanding the logical operators.

This code is a straightforward implementation. It isn't fast, I'm curious if a solution involving ForAll and Exists is faster.

Remove[singletonsAndPairs, n, P, closure, condition1Q, condition2Q, condition3Q, P123]
singletonsAndPairs[A_List] := Subsets[A, {1, 2}]
n = 4;
P = Subsets@Range@n;
closure[𝓕_, A_] := Intersection @@ Select[𝓕, SubsetQ[#, A] &](*\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(\[Intersection]\), \(A \[SubsetEqual] # \[SubsetEqual] 𝓕\)]#\)*)
condition1Q[𝓕_] := SubsetQ[𝓕, {{}, Range@n}]
condition2Q[𝓕_] := SubsetQ[𝓕, Intersection @@@ singletonsAndPairs@𝓕](*{U\[Intersection]V:U,V\[Element]𝓕}\[SubsetEqual]𝓕*)
condition3Q[𝓕_] := AllTrue[Complement[P, 𝓕], S \[Function] \[Not] AllTrue[singletonsAndPairs@S, SubsetQ[S, closure[𝓕, #]] &]]
P123 = Select[Subsets@P, condition1Q@# \[And] condition2Q@# \[And] condition3Q@# &];
Length@P123

We get $a(1)=1$, $a(2)=4$, $a(3)=45$ and $a(4)=2062$.

A smarter method is needed for $a(5)$; my notebook runs out of memory.

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    $\begingroup$ Replace //Length with //Column[#,Frame->All]&, or delete the //... entirely (the result is a List, and you can find its length, or frame it in a column, or anything else). $\endgroup$
    – Adam
    Commented Jun 25, 2023 at 17:57
  • $\begingroup$ This sequence appears to be oeis.org/A334255 which seems to count different closure operators. $\endgroup$
    – user227351
    Commented Jun 25, 2023 at 19:20
  • $\begingroup$ Let us continue this discussion in chat. $\endgroup$
    – Adam
    Commented Jun 25, 2023 at 22:59
  • $\begingroup$ Thank you very much! What if we replaced condition 3 with: For all $S \subseteq X$, the statement $ \forall x_1, x_2, ..., x_k \in S : \mathrm{cl}(\left \{ x_1, x_2, ..., x_k \right \})\subseteq S$ implies $S \in \mathcal{F}$ for arbitrary $k$? $\endgroup$
    – user227351
    Commented Jul 5, 2023 at 11:58
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    $\begingroup$ The code could be made more explicit; I'll remove the Withs to make the variables a bit easier to read. $\endgroup$
    – Adam
    Commented Jul 6, 2023 at 23:00

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