A236345 a(n) is the Manhattan distance between n and n^2 in a left-aligned triangle with next M natural numbers in row M: 1, 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9 10, etc.

0, 1, 3, 3, 6, 10, 9, 14, 9, 15, 11, 18, 26, 17, 26, 19, 29, 40, 27, 39, 24, 42, 27, 39, 54, 35, 51, 36, 53, 71, 48, 67, 42, 62, 83, 56, 85, 56, 79, 48, 72, 97, 64, 90, 55, 90, 118, 81, 110, 71, 101, 68, 91, 123, 80, 122, 77, 111, 146, 99, 135, 86, 123, 88, 110

Offset

1,3

Links

Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1001

Formula

a(n) = (A002024(n^2)-A002024(n)) + |(A002260(n^2)-A002260(n)|. [Where |x| stands for the absolute value. This formula can be probably reduced further] - Antti Karttunen, Jan 25 2014

Example

The triangle where we measure distances begins as (cf. A000027 drawn as a lower or upper right triangle):
   1
   2  3
   4  5  6
   7  8  9 10
  11 12 13 14 15
  16 17 18 19 20 21
  22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
  37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Manhattan distance between 5 and 25 in this triangle is 4+2=6, thus a(5)=6.

Prog

(Python)
import math
def getXY(n):
  y = int(math.sqrt(n*2))
  if n<=y*(y+1)//2: y-=1
  x = n - y*(y+1)//2
  return x, y
for n in range(1, 77):
  ox, oy = getXY(n)
  nx, ny = getXY(n*n)
  print(str(abs(nx-ox)+abs(ny-oy)), end=', ')
(Scheme) (define (A236345 n) (+ (- (A002024 (A000290 n)) (A002024 n)) (abs (- (A002260 (A000290 n)) (A002260 n))))) ;; Antti Karttunen, Jan 25 2014

Crossrefs

Cf. A232114, A236346, A236347.

Cf. also A000027, A002024, A002260.

Sequence in context: A124326 A202970 A205004 * A212991 A226642 A266137

Adjacent sequences: A236342 A236343 A236344 * A236346 A236347 A236348

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Alex Ratushnyak, Jan 23 2014

Status

approved