A049604 Array T read by diagonals: T(i,j)=least number of knight's moves on unbounded chessboard from corner (0,0) to square (i,j).

0, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7