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A373927
a(n) is the minimum number of hypercubes needed to admit a hole of size n in the 4D tesseractic honeycomb.
0
16, 80, 106, 132
OFFSET
0,1
EXAMPLE
16 hypercubes surround a single vertex so a(0) = 16.
A 3 X 3 X 3 X 3 hypercube will admit a single hole in its center, so a(1) = 3*3*3*3 - 1 = 80.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A345205 (3D equivalent), A235382 (2D equivalent).
Sequence in context: A212896 A250279 A269584 * A044203 A044584 A111732
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Abraham Maxfield, Jun 22 2024
STATUS
approved