A352426 Maximal number of nonattacking white-square queens on an n X n chessboard.

0, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 26, 27, 28, 29, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33, 34, 35, 36, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51, 52, 53

Offset

1,4

Comments

Equivalently the maximal number of nonattacking black-square queens on an inverted n X n chessboard, that is a board with the a1 square white, the a2 and b1 squares black, etc.

Links

Andy Huchala, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..92

Andy Huchala, Python program.

Math StackExchange, Black queens on n X n board, 2022.

Formula

a(2n) = A352241(2n).

Prog

(Python)
def fill(rows, queens, leftattack, notdownattack, rightattack, color):
    global c
    available = ~leftattack & notdownattack & ~rightattack & color
    if rows==1:
        if available==0:
            c[queens] = c.get(queens, 0) + 1
        else:
            c[queens+1] = c.get(queens+1, 0) + bin(available).count('1')
        return
    while available:
        attack = available & -available
        fill(rows-1, queens+1, (leftattack|attack)<<1, notdownattack&~attack, (rightattack|attack)>>1, ~color)
        available &= available - 1
    fill(rows-1, queens, leftattack<<1, notdownattack, rightattack>>1, ~color)
print(' n a(n)    count')
for n in range(1, 32):
    c=dict()
    fill(n, 0, 0, (1<<n)-1, 0, 0x2AAAAAAA)
    c[0] = 0; m = max(c.keys())
    print('%(argument)2d %(value)4d %(count)8d' % {"argument" : n, "value" : m, "count" : c[m]})

Crossrefs

Cf. A352241, A274616.

Sequence in context: A104058 A132345 A178976 * A372323 A130766 A227190

Adjacent sequences: A352423 A352424 A352425 * A352427 A352428 A352429

Keyword

nonn,more

Author

Martin Ehrenstein, Mar 16 2022

Extensions

a(17)-a(24) from Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 17 2022

a(25)-a(26) from Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 20 2022

a(27) onwards from Andy Huchala, Mar 27 2024

Status

approved