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A080335
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Diagonal in square spiral or maze arrangement of natural numbers.
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32
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1, 5, 9, 17, 25, 37, 49, 65, 81, 101, 121, 145, 169, 197, 225, 257, 289, 325, 361, 401, 441, 485, 529, 577, 625, 677, 729, 785, 841, 901, 961, 1025, 1089, 1157, 1225, 1297, 1369, 1445, 1521, 1601, 1681, 1765, 1849, 1937, 2025, 2117, 2209, 2305, 2401, 2501
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Squares of positive integers (plus 1 if n is odd). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Oct 10 2013
a(n) is the maximum total number of queens that can coexist without attacking each other on an [n+3] X [n+3] chessboard, when the lone queen is in the most vulnerable position on the board. Specifically, the lone queen will placed in any center position, facing an opponent's "army" of size a(n)-1 == A137932(n+2). - Bob Selcoe, Feb 12 2015
a(n) is also the edge chromatic number of the complement of the (n+2) X (n+2) rook graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jan 31 2024
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FORMULA
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a(n) = (3 + 4*n + 2*n^2 - (-1)^n)/2.
E.g.f.: exp(x)*(2 + 3*x + x^2) - cosh(x). The sequence 1,1,5,9,... is given by n^2+(1+(-1)^n)/2 with e.g.f. exp(1+x+x^2)*exp(x)-sinh(x). - Paul Barry, Sep 02 2003 and Sep 19 2003
a(0)=1, a(1)=5, a(2)=9, a(3)=17, a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-3) + a(n-4). - Harvey P. Dale, Jan 29 2012
G.f.: (1 + 3*x - x^2 + x^3)/((1-x)^3*(1+x)). - Colin Barker, Mar 18 2012
a(n) = (n+1)^2 when n is even; a(n) = (n+1)^2 + 1 when n is odd.
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Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = Pi*coth(Pi/2)/4 + Pi^2/8 - 1/2. - Amiram Eldar, Jul 07 2022
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MAPLE
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MATHEMATICA
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With[{nn = 60}, Riffle[Range[1, nn, 2]^2, 4 Range[nn]^2 + 1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 29 2012 *)
LinearRecurrence[{2, 0, -2, 1}, {1, 5, 9, 17}, 60] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 29 2012 *)
Table[(3 + 4 n + 2 n^2 - (-1)^n)/2, {n, 0, 50}] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Oct 10 2013 *)
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PROG
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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