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A361486
Lexicographically earliest sequence of positive numbers on a square spiral such that no three equal numbers are collinear.
3
1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 5, 1, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 2, 4, 1, 4, 5, 1, 6, 2, 6, 4, 6, 5, 5, 7, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 5, 7, 2, 3, 8, 1, 4, 3, 6, 7, 5, 5, 3, 5, 7, 6, 3, 1, 1, 7, 8, 7, 7, 4, 5, 8, 5, 9, 6, 6, 8, 7, 7, 6, 8, 9, 9, 3
OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
The first term a(1) = 1 lies at the (0,0) origin while all other terms lie on integer coordinates.
LINKS
Scott R. Shannon, Image of the first 50000 terms on the square spiral. The values are scaled across the spectrum from red to violet to show their relative size. Zoom in to see the numbers.
EXAMPLE
a(5) = 2 as a(3) = 1 and a(4) = 1 lie on the horizontal line y = 1 relative to the starting square (assuming a counter-clockwise spiral) so a(5) cannot be 1.
a(7) = 3 as a(5) = 2 and a(6) = 2 lie on the vertical line x = -1 so a(7) cannot be 2, while a(1) = 1 and a(3) = 1 lie on the line y = x so a(7) cannot be 1.
a(21) = 4 as a(18) = 3 and a(19) = 3 lie on the line x = -2, a(6) = 2 and a(15) = 2 lie on the line y = 2*x + 2, while a(1) = 1 and a(3) = 1 lie on the line y = x, so a(21) cannot be 1, 2 or 3.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,look
AUTHOR
Scott R. Shannon, Mar 13 2023
STATUS
approved