On the omega values of generators of embedding dimension-three numerical monoids generated by an interval (Q399464)

Let \(M\) be a commutative, cancellative, atomic monoid with set of units \(M^\times\) and set of irreducibles (or atoms)\(\mathcal{A}\)(M). For \(x\in M\smallsetminus M^\times\), \(\omega_M(x)=n\) if n is the smallest positive integer with the property that whenever \(x\mid a_1\dots a_t\), where each \(a_i\in\mathcal{A}\)(M), there is a \(T\subseteq\{1,2,\dots ,t\}\) with \(\mid T\mid\leq n\) such that \(x\mid\sqcap_{k\in T}a_k\). If no such \(n\) exists, then \(\omega_M(x)=\infty\). For \(x\in M^\times\), \(\omega_M(x)=0\). It follows that an element \(x\in M\smallsetminus M^\times\) is prime if and only if \(\omega_M(x)=1\). A numerical monoid is an additive submonoid of the nonnegative integers. A submonoid is finitely generated and possesses a unique minimal (in terms of cardinality) generating set. If \(n_1, n_2,\dots , n_t\) is the minimal generating set for a numerical monoid \(S\), then \(S=\langle n_1,\dots ,n_t\rangle=\{x_1n_1+\dots +x_tn_t| x_i\in\;\mathbb{N}_0\) for each \(i\}\). The value \(t\) is known as the embedding dimension of \(S\). The elements \(n_1,\dots ,n_t\) are the irreducibles of \(S\) and \(\mathcal{A}(M)=\{n_1,\dots ,n_t\}\). In the paper under review, the authors offer a formula to compute the omega values of the generators of the numerical monoid \(S=\langle k,k+1,k+2\rangle\) where \(k\) is a positive integer greater than 2.