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According to Wikipedia,

A Sphenic number is a positive integer which >is the product of three distinct prime
numbers.

Anybody knows whether there is a list, say first 1000 sphenic numbers? It would be much helpful to know.

Thanks in advance

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    I edited the title question. (The answer to your previous question is, quite clearly, "infinitely many.")2010-10-04
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    Does it mean that the set of sphenic numbers is infinite? Since, prime numbers are infinite it is understandable. But, I hear the further go to the positive X-axis the fewer you get primes. So, the set of shpenic numbers at hand might be finite?2010-10-04
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    To get a sphenic number, you just take any three distinct primes (and there are clearly infinitely many ways of choosing three primes!) and multiply them.2010-10-04
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    Thanks. But, isn't it just n*(n-1)*(n-2), where n is the number of distinct primes?2010-10-04
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    @Sazzad, you should really explain the term "sphenic" (or any other uncommon term you are using) before using it :-)2011-09-08
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    It would be n(n-1)(n-2)/6 if there were a finite number of primes, as order doesn't matter2011-09-08
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    @Srivatsan Narayanan: Ok, thanks for guidance.2011-09-09

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The first 10000 are listed here. (Found via Wikipedia: Sphenic number and OEIS.)