A183049 Array of least knight's moves to points (n,0), (n-1,1), ..., (1,n-1) on infinite chessboard.

0, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

Offset: 1

Author

Clark Kimberling, Dec 22 2010

Keywords

• nonn
• tabf

Comments

The n points (n,0), (n-1,1), ..., (1,n-1) lie in a diagonal in the first quadrant. Adjoining the matching points in the other quadrants yields the square |i|+|j|=n, as in A183051. For a description of the infinite chessboard, see A065775.

Examples

			First 6 rows (after the initial 0):
3
2 2
3 1 1
2 2 4 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 2 2 2 4
These numbers occupy positions on the chessboard as
indicated here, starting at the left bottom corner:
..4
..3 4
..2 3 2
..1 4 3 2
..2 1 2 3 4
0 3 2 3 2 3 4 ... (This row is A018837.)
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A065775, A183050, A183051.

Formula

See A065775.