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A047875
Size of smallest polyomino with surround number n (the surround number of a polyomino is the number of different ways that it can be surrounded by non-overlapping copies of the same polyomino).
5
7, 1, 5, 9, 8, 9, 9, 4, 8, 7, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 9, 6, 9, 8, 8, 9, 8, 8, 7, 9, 8, 7, 8, 8, 9, 8, 8, 9, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 9, 6, 8, 9, 10, 9, 9, 8, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 9, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 9, 9, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 7, 8, 7, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 9, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9
OFFSET
0,1
REFERENCES
W. F. Lunnon, Counting polyominoes, pp. 347-372 of A. O. L. Atkin and B. J. Birch, editors, Computers in Number Theory. Academic Press, NY, 1971.
EXAMPLE
a(2) = 5 because the smallest polyomino which has a surround number 2 is
..X..
.XXX.
..X..
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000105.
Sequence in context: A195369 A367710 A348562 * A346610 A064467 A089204
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Brendan Owen (bdowen(AT)ee.mu.oz.au)
STATUS
approved