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A180494 Bear's Paw (from a quilt design). 0
1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -5, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, -5, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, 5, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, 5 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,17

COMMENTS

This sequence was inspired by the traditional Bear's Paw quilt design. A geometric figure is produced by drawing straight lines starting from the origin such that each pair of terms in the sequence gives successive differences in x and y coordinates.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..72.

Quilt Block Names in History

Antique Geometric Quilt Designs

Quilt Patterns Through Time

Geometric figures corresponding to k = 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3 (in the generic sequences:

1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -k, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,

1, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, -k, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, k, 0, 1, -1,

-1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, k).

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A085198 A339207 A199916 * A200653 A058064 A316568

Adjacent sequences: A180491 A180492 A180493 * A180495 A180496 A180497

KEYWORD

fini,full,nice,sign

AUTHOR

Jeremy Gardiner, Sep 08 2010

STATUS

approved

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