Generate an abstract image illustrating the concept of a mathematical set. It should display fifty distinct elements and an arithmetic operation hinting at the idea of common divisors. Also, incorporate the number '100', to denote the larger set from which these elements are derived. However, ensure that the image does not contain any text.

Let S be a subset of {1, 2, 3,...100}, containing 50 elements. How many such sets have the property that every pair of numbers in S has a common divisor that is greater than 1?

We claim that there is only one such set, namely $\{2, 4, 6, \dots, 98, 100\}$.

The solution hinges on the following observation: The greatest common divisor of two consecutive numbers (like 20 and 21) is 1. We can see this as follows: If $d$ divides both $n$ and $n + 1$, then $d$ must divide their difference, which is $(n + 1) - n = 1$. But then, the only possible value of $d$ is 1.

Therefore, no two elements in $S$ can be consecutive. Also, we note that $S$ cannot contain the element $1$, since the greatest common divisor of $1$ with any integer is $1$. Therefore, $S$ is a subset of $\{2, 3, 4, \dots, 100\}$ with 50 elements and no two elements consecutive. The only such set is $\{2, 4, 6, \dots, 98, 100\}$.

The set {2, 4, 6,.....98, 100\} has the desired property, because every element is even, so any two numbers in S have 2 as a common divisor.

Therefore, the number of sets $S$ that have the given property is $\boxed{1}$.
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Oh, you want to know the number of sets with such a property? Well, let me put on my thinking wig... I mean, hat.

To count the number of sets satisfying this condition, we need to make sure that for any two numbers chosen from the set, they have a common divisor greater than 1. In other words, we can't have any two coprime numbers in the set.

Now, let's think about the numbers from 1 to 100. If we have a number that is prime (which means it only has 1 and itself as divisors), we can't include it in our set, because it won't have any common divisors with other numbers.

Out of the first 100 numbers, there are 25 primes (approximation). So, we have 100 - 25 = 75 numbers left to choose from. Since we need to choose 50 numbers for our set, we can use combinations.

So, the number of sets that satisfy the condition can be calculated as C(75, 50), which is the number of ways to choose 50 numbers from a pool of 75. Using a calculator, this is equal to approximately 130,750.

So, if my calculations are correct (and I hope they are), there are around 130,750 sets that have the property you mentioned. That's certainly a lot of sets! I hope they all get along and have a good time with their common divisors.

To find the number of sets S with the given property, we can break down the problem into smaller subproblems.

Let's consider the number of sets S with k elements, where 2 ≤ k ≤ 50. For each k, we need to count the number of sets that satisfy the property.

For k = 2, we can choose any two elements from {1, 2, 3, ..., 100}. There are C(100, 2) = 100*99/2 = 4950 ways to choose two elements. All pairs of numbers have a common divisor greater than 1, so all 4950 sets of size 2 satisfy the property.

For k = 3, we can choose any three elements from {1, 2, 3, ..., 100}. Again, there are C(100, 3) = 100*99*98/3*2*1 = 161,700 ways to choose three elements. However, not all sets of size 3 satisfy the property. We need to exclude sets where there exists a pair of numbers with a common divisor of 1.

To count the excluded sets, we can calculate the number of sets with a pair of numbers having a common divisor of 1 and subtract it from the total number of sets.

There are C(50, 2) = 50*49/2 = 1,225 pairs of numbers in a set of size 3. Out of these, we need to find the ones having a common divisor of 1. Since we are choosing from the first 100 positive integers, all numbers are pairwise coprime (i.e., have no common factors) except for numbers that are multiples of one another.

The largest number in the set can be at most 100. Multiples of 2 are 2, 4, 6, ..., 100, which gives us 100/2 = 50 multiples of 2. Similarly, there are 100/3 = 33 multiples of 3, 100/5 = 20 multiples of 5, and so on.

Using the inclusion-exclusion principle, we can count the number of sets with a pair of numbers having a common divisor of 1 as follows:

Number of sets = C(50, 2) - (C(50/2, 2)*2 - C(50/3, 2)*3 + C(50/5, 2)*5 - ...)

Simplifying this expression, we get:

Number of sets = 1,225 - (25*2 - 8*3 + 3*5 - ...)

Now, we can extend this reasoning to larger values of k, i.e., k = 4, 5, ..., 50.

For each value of k, we can follow a similar approach to count the number of sets that satisfy the property. We find the total number of sets with k elements and subtract the excluded sets that have a pair of numbers with a common divisor of 1.

Finally, we sum up the counts for each k to get the total number of sets that satisfy the property.

Note: This is a complex problem that involves combinatorics and number theory. While the above explanation provides a step-by-step approach to solve the problem, the actual implementation may require computational algorithms to optimize the calculations.