A215468 Sum of the 8 nearest neighbors of n in a rotated-square spiral with positive integers.

50, 62, 72, 86, 76, 84, 122, 88, 144, 104, 166, 120, 152, 160, 144, 218, 160, 168, 248, 184, 192, 278, 208, 216, 260, 268, 240, 248, 346, 264, 272, 280, 384, 296, 304, 312, 422, 328, 336, 344, 400, 408, 368, 376, 384, 506, 400, 408, 416, 424, 552, 440, 448, 456, 464, 598

Offset

1,1

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..56.

Example

Spiral begins:
                     85
                     /
                    /
                  84 61-62
                  /  /    \
                 /  /      \
               83 60 41-42 63
               /  /  /    \  \
              /  /  /      \  \
            82 59 40 25-26 43 64
            /  /  /  /    \  \  \
           /  /  /  /      \  \  \
         81 58 39 24 13-14 27 44 65
         /  /  /  /  /    \  \  \  \
        /  /  /  /  /      \  \  \  \
      80 57 38 23 12  5--6 15 28 45 66
      /  /  /  /  /  /    \  \  \  \  \
     /  /  /  /  /  /      \  \  \  \  \
   79 56 37 22 11  4  1--2  7 16 29 46 67
     \  \  \  \  \  \   /  /  /  /  /  /
      \  \  \  \  \  \ /  /  /  /  /  /
      78 55 36 21 10  3  8 17 30 47 68
        \  \  \  \  \   /  /  /  /  /
         \  \  \  \  \ /  /  /  /  /
         77 54 35 20  9 18 31 48 69
           \  \  \  \   /  /  /  /
            \  \  \  \ /  /  /  /
            76 53 34 19 32 49 70
              \  \  \   /  /  /
               \  \  \ /  /  /
               75 52 33 50 71
                 \  \   /  /
                  \  \ /  /
                  74 51 72
                    \   /
                     \ /
                     73
.
The 8 nearest neighbors of 4 are 1,3,5,10,11,12,21,23, their sum is 86, so a(4)=86.

Prog

(Python)
SIZE=17  # must be odd
grid = [0] * (SIZE*SIZE)
posX = posY = SIZE//2
saveX = [0]* (SIZE*SIZE+1)
saveY = [0]* (SIZE*SIZE+1)
grid[posY*SIZE+posX]=1
saveX[1]=posX
saveY[1]=posY
posX += 1
grid[posY*SIZE+posX]=2
saveX[2]=posX
saveY[2]=posY
n = 3
def walk(stepX, stepY, chkX, chkY):
  global posX, posY, n
  while 1:
    posX+=stepX
    posY+=stepY
    grid[posY*SIZE+posX]=n
    saveX[n]=posX
    saveY[n]=posY
    n+=1
    if grid[(posY+chkY)*SIZE+posX+chkX]==0:
        return
while posX!=SIZE-1:
    walk(-1,  1, -1, -1)    # down-left
    walk(-1, -1,  1, -1)    # up-left
    walk( 1, -1,  1,  0)    # up-right
    walk( 1,  0,  1,  1)    # right
    walk( 1,  1, -1,  1)    # down-right
for s in range(1, n):
    posX = saveX[s]
    posY = saveY[s]
    i, j = grid[(posY-1)*SIZE+posX-1], grid[(posY-1)*SIZE+posX+1]
    u, v = grid[(posY+1)*SIZE+posX-1], grid[(posY+1)*SIZE+posX+1]
    if i==0 or j==0 or u==0 or v==0:
        break
    k = grid[(posY-1)*SIZE+posX  ] + grid[(posY+1)*SIZE+posX  ]
    k+= grid[ posY   *SIZE+posX-1] + grid[ posY   *SIZE+posX+1]
    print i+j+u+v+k,
print
for y in range(SIZE):
    for x in range(SIZE):
        print '%3d' % grid[y*SIZE+x],
    print

Crossrefs

Coordinates (but 0-based): A010751, A305258.

Other spiral sums: A214176, A214177, A214226, A214227, A214230, A214231, A214250, A214251, A214252.

Sequence in context: A062118 A167329 A179796 * A109552 A206263 A007692

Adjacent sequences: A215465 A215466 A215467 * A215469 A215470 A215471

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Alex Ratushnyak, Aug 11 2012

Status

approved