OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Write positive integers on a 2D grid starting with 1 in the top left corner and continue along the triangular maze as in A056023.
Replace each prime with -1 and each nonprime with the number of primes in adjacent grid cells around it.
n is replaced by a(n).
This sequence treats prime numbers as "mines" and fills gaps according to the rules of the classic Minesweeper game.
a(n) < 5 (conjectured).
Set of n such that a(n) = 4 is unbounded (conjectured).
LINKS
Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..11325 (150 antidiagonals).
Michael De Vlieger, Minesweeper-style graph read along original mapping, replacing -1 with a "mine", and 0 with blank space.
Michael De Vlieger, Square plot of a million terms read along original mapping, with black indicating a prime and levels of gray commensurate to a(n).
Witold Tatkiewicz, link for Java program
Wikipedia, Minesweeper game
EXAMPLE
Consider positive integers placed on the plane along a triangular maze:
1 2 6 7 15 16 ...
3 5 8 14 17 ...
4 9 13 18 ...
10 12 19 ...
11 20 ...
21 ...
...
1 is not prime and in adjacent grid cells there are 3 primes: 2, 3 and 5. Therefore a(1) = 3.
2 is prime, therefore a(2) = -1.
8 is not prime and in adjacent grid cells there are 4 primes: 2, 5, 7 and 13. Therefore a(8) = 4.
Replacing n by a(n) in the plane described above, and using "." for a(n) = 0 and "*" for negative a(n), we produce a graph resembling Minesweeper, where the mines are situated at prime n:
3 * 3 * 2 1 1 * 2 1 1 * ...
* * 4 3 * 3 3 3 * 2 2 2
2 4 * 3 2 * * 2 1 2 * 1
1 3 * 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 2
* 3 2 2 * 2 2 * 2 1 . 1
2 * 1 1 3 * 3 2 * 2 1 1
1 2 3 2 3 * 3 2 3 * 1 .
1 2 * * 3 2 2 * 2 1 2 2
* 2 2 4 * 2 1 2 3 2 2 *
1 1 . 2 * 3 1 1 * * 2 3
. 1 2 3 3 * 2 2 3 2 1 1
1 2 * * 2 1 2 * 1 . . 1
...
In order to produce sequence graph is read along original mapping.
MATHEMATICA
Table[If[PrimeQ@ m, -1, Count[#, _?PrimeQ] &@ Union@ Map[s[[#1, #2]] & @@ # &, Join @@ Array[FirstPosition[s, m] + {##} - 2 &, {3, 3}]]], {m, PolygonalNumber@ n}]] (* Michael De Vlieger, Oct 02 2019 *)
PROG
(Java) See Links section.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,tabl
AUTHOR
Witold Tatkiewicz, Oct 02 2019
STATUS
approved