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Smallest number of moves needed to win Integer Lunar Lander with a starting position of (n,n).
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%I #15 Feb 26 2023 04:01:07

%S 0,3,6,8,11,13,16,18,20,23,25,28,30,33,35,37,40,42,45,47,49,52,54,57,

%T 59,62,64,66,69,71,74,76,78,81,83,86,88,91,93,95,98,100,103,105,107,

%U 110,112,115,117,119,122,124,127,129,132,134,136,139,141,144,146

%N Smallest number of moves needed to win Integer Lunar Lander with a starting position of (n,n).

%C See A360923 for the rules of Integer Lunar Lander.

%C Data from _Tom Karzes_.

%C The conjectured formula for A360923 implies a formula for a(n). - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Feb 26 2023

%H Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A360926/b360926.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..300</a>

%H Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A360926/a360926.txt">C++ program</a>

%e From starting position (3,3), an 8-move solution is (2,5), (1,6), (0,6), (-1,5), (-2,3), (-2,1), (-1,0), (0,0). There is no shorter solution, so a(3) = 8.

%o (C++) See Links section.

%Y Main diagonal of table A360923. Cf. A360924, A360925.

%K nonn

%O 0,2

%A _Allan C. Wechsler_, Feb 25 2023

%E More terms from _Rémy Sigrist_, Feb 26 2023