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A296468
Largest number of points that can be placed on an n X n point grid so that no point is equally distant from two other points on the same row or column.
4
1, 4, 6, 11, 17, 24, 28, 32, 40, 47, 57, 66, 78, 90
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This sequence is a 2-dimensional generalization of A003002 ("no 3-term arithmetic progressions").
EXAMPLE
Up to 66 points (x) may be placed on a 12 X 12 point grid. Example with two symmetry axes:
x x . x x . . . . x x .
x . x . . x x . . x . x
. x x . . . . x x . x x
x . . . . x x . x x . .
x . . . x . x x . x . .
. x . x . . . x x . x .
. x . x x . . . x . x .
. . x . x x . x . . . x
. . x x . x x . . . . x
x x . x x . . . . x x .
x . x . . x x . . x . x
. x x . . . . x x . x x
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more,nice
AUTHOR
Heinrich Ludwig, Dec 13 2017
EXTENSIONS
a(13)-a(14) from Bert Dobbelaere, Jan 06 2020
STATUS
approved