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%S 2,6,4,6,7,7,8,11,9,11,12,14,13,17,16,19,20,20,23,23,23,27,27,28,29
%N Number of segments of the longest possible zigzag paths fitting into a circle of diameter 2 if the path with index n is constructed according to the rules of the "Snakes on a Plane" problem of _Al Zimmermann_'s programming contest.
%C The extension of the contest problem to larger sets of hinge angles was proposed by _James R. Buddenhagen_. A link to the contest rules is given in A127400. Results up to n=32 were found by _Markus Sigg_. Known lower bounds for the next terms are a(27)>=29, a(28)>=32, a(29)>=34, a(30)>=34, a(31)>=34, a(32)>=39.
%H Hugo Pfoertner, <a href="http://www.randomwalk.de/sequences/a127399.pdf">Visualization of longest zigzag paths fitting into circle of diameter 2.</a>
%Y Cf. A127400 [solutions for container diameter 3], A127401 [solutions for container diameter 4], A122223, A122224, A122226 [solutions for hinge angles excluded from contest].
%K hard,more,nonn
%O 2,1
%A _Hugo Pfoertner_, Jan 12 2007