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We prove that the limit \u03b1 = lim<jats:sub><jats:italic>n\u2192\u221e<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub><jats:italic>f<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>)<jats:sup>1\/<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> exists. Furthermore, we present an algorithm approximating <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic> with (1 + <jats:italic>\u03b5<\/jats:italic>) multiplicative error in <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>\u03b5<\/jats:italic>) steps, showing in particular that <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic> \u2248 1.318. Our algorithm can be adapted to estimate the number of all primitive sets in {1,\u2026,<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>} as well.<\/jats:p><jats:p>We address another related problem of Cameron and Erd\u0151s. They showed that the number of sets containing pairwise coprime integers in {1,\u2026<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>} is between <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0963548321000018_inline1.png\" \/><jats:tex-math>${2^{\\pi (n)}} \\cdot {e^{(1\/2 + o(1))\\sqrt n }}$<\/jats:tex-math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula> and <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0963548321000018_inline2.png\" \/><jats:tex-math>${2^{\\pi (n)}} \\cdot {e^{(2 + o(1))\\sqrt n }}$<\/jats:tex-math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>. We show that neither of these bounds is tight: there are in fact <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0963548321000018_inline3.png\" \/><jats:tex-math>${2^{\\pi (n)}} \\cdot {e^{(1 + o(1))\\sqrt n }}$<\/jats:tex-math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula> such sets.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0963548321000018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,28]],"date-time":"2021-01-28T21:31:10Z","timestamp":1611869470000},"page":"781-795","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The number of maximum primitive sets of integers"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Hong","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"P\u00e9ter P\u00e1l","family":"Pach","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rich\u00e1rd","family":"Palincza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0963548321000018_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1515\/9783110848632-008"},{"key":"S0963548321000018_ref7","unstructured":"[7] OEIS (1999) A051026: Number of primitive subsequences of {1,2,\u2026,n}. 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