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A183049
Array of least knight's moves to points (n,0), (n-1,1), ..., (1,n-1) on infinite chessboard.
1
0, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The n points (n,0), (n-1,1), ..., (1,n-1) lie in a diagonal in the first quadrant. Adjoining the matching points in the other quadrants yields the square |i|+|j|=n, as in A183051. For a description of the infinite chessboard, see A065775.
FORMULA
See A065775.
EXAMPLE
First 6 rows (after the initial 0):
3
2 2
3 1 1
2 2 4 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 2 2 2 4
These numbers occupy positions on the chessboard as
indicated here, starting at the left bottom corner:
..4
..3 4
..2 3 2
..1 4 3 2
..2 1 2 3 4
0 3 2 3 2 3 4 ... (This row is A018837.)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Dec 22 2010
STATUS
approved