A278354 Number of neighbors of each new term in a square spiral.

0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4

Offset: 1

Author

Omar E. Pol, Nov 19 2016

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Here the "neighbors" of a(n) are defined to be the adjacent elements to a(n) in the same row, column or diagonals, that are present in the spiral when a(n) is the new element of the sequence in progress.

For the same idea but for a right triangle see A278317; for an isosceles triangle see A275015; for a square array see A278290; and for a hexagonal spiral see A047931.

Examples

			Illustration of initial terms as a spiral (n = 1..169):
.
.     2 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 2
.     |                                               |
.     4   2 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 2   3
.     |   |                                       |   |
.     4   4   2 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 2   3   4
.     |   |   |                               |   |   |
.     4   4   4   2 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 2   3   4   4
.     |   |   |   |                       |   |   |   |
.     4   4   4   4   2 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 2   3   4   4   4
.     |   |   |   |   |               |   |   |   |   |
.     4   4   4   4   4   2 - 3 - 2   3   4   4   4   4
.     |   |   |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |   |   |
.     4   4   4   4   4   3   0 - 1   4   4   4   4   4
.     |   |   |   |   |   |           |   |   |   |   |
.     4   4   4   4   3   2 - 4 - 3 - 2   4   4   4   4
.     |   |   |   |   |                   |   |   |   |
.     4   4   4   3   2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2   4   4   4
.     |   |   |   |                           |   |   |
.     4   4   3   2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2   4   4
.     |   |   |                                   |   |
.     4   3   2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2   4
.     |   |                                           |
.     3   2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2
.     |
.     2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3
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Crossrefs

Cf. A002620, A033638, A047931, A141481, A274917, A275015, A275609, A278180, A278290, A278317.

Programs

Maple

0,1,seq(op([2,4$floor(i/2),3]),i=0..30); # Robert Israel, Nov 22 2016

Formula

From Robert Israel, Nov 22 2016: (Start)

a(n) = 3 if n>=4 is in A002620.

a(n) = 2 if n>=2 is in A033638.

Otherwise, a(n) = 4 if n > 2. (End)