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A090378 Number of configurations that require a minimum of n moves to be reached, starting with the empty square at mid-side of a boundary of an infinitely large extension of Sam Loyd's sliding block 15-puzzle. 1
1, 3, 7, 19, 53, 147 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

Next term (unconfirmed): a(6)=409. If started with the empty square at mid-side of a boundary, the number of configurations reachable in the first floor((n-1)/2) moves in an n X n sliding block puzzle are given by this sequence.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A089483 3 X 3 puzzle started with empty square at mid-side, A090165.

Sequence in context: A198305 A146597 A115254 * A007180 A059506 A007575

Adjacent sequences:  A090375 A090376 A090377 * A090379 A090380 A090381

KEYWORD

more,nonn

AUTHOR

Hugo Pfoertner (hugo(AT)pfoertner.org), Nov 27 2003

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