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A345439
Consider the Eisenstein integers x + y*omega, x and y rational integers, represented as the cells of an hexagonal grid; draw a hexagonal spiral as in A345435; a(n) is the norm x^2-x*y+y^2 of the Eisenstein integer in the n-th cell of the spiral.
2
0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 7, 7, 9, 7, 7, 9, 7, 7, 9, 7, 7, 9, 7, 7, 9, 7, 7, 9, 13, 12, 13, 16, 13, 12, 13, 16, 13, 12, 13, 16, 13, 12, 13, 16, 13, 12, 13, 16, 13, 12, 13, 16, 21, 19, 19, 21, 25, 21, 19, 19, 21, 25, 21, 19, 19
OFFSET
0,8
LINKS
N. J. A. Sloane, The start of the hexagonal spiral, showing the numbering of the cells. [An enlargement of Figure 1 of Wichmann (2019). The gray cells are the Eisenstein primes.]
N. J. A. Sloane, Illustration of initial terms. [The cell numbers are black, their norms are red.]
Brian Wichmann, Tiling for Unique Factorization Domains, Jul 22 2019.
Brian Wichmann, The Eisenstein integers, with the primes shaded [Figure 1 from the previous link]
PROG
(PARI) See Links section.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A102745 A108026 A010702 * A095925 A242744 A066783
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 25 2021
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Rémy Sigrist, Jun 26 2021
STATUS
approved