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A306197
The label of the largest square that an (m,n)-leaper (a generalization of a chess knight) reaches before it can no longer move, starting on a board with squares spirally numbered, starting at 1. Each move is to the lowest-numbered unvisited square.
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3199, 9173, 7416, 16270, 12669, 4238, 36667, 10947, 4851, 15027, 34407, 36777, 28411, 29623, 5832, 237635, 17075, 14329, 17064, 8669, 9152, 191876, 65307, 10536, 50425, 7243, 17187, 9730, 307545, 45627, 82813, 16948, 24847, 66622, 23741, 24678, 259181, 147061, 48250, 43525, 78711, 19501, 18600, 59821, 15410, 334131
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The entries are the lower triangle of an array, for (m,n)-leaper, where 1 <= n < m, ordered: (2,1), (3,1), (3,2), (4,1), (4,2), etc. Are all terms finite?
LINKS
N. J. A. Sloane and Brady Haran, The Trapped Knight, Numberphile video (2019).
EXAMPLE
A chess knight (a (2,1)-leaper) reaches the square labeled 3199 before it reaches the square labeled 2084 and has no moves available (see A316667).
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf
AUTHOR
Jud McCranie, Jan 28 2019
STATUS
approved