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A358036 Number of n-step self-avoiding walks on a 2D square lattice where the first visited lattice point is directly visible from the last visited lattice point, and were both the visited lattice points and the path between these points are considered when determining the visibility of points.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 8, 24, 48, 144, 336, 992, 2344, 6760, 16336, 46432, 113904, 320864, 793136, 2222824, 5524040, 15409704, 38493560, 106895408, 268253720, 742053704, 1869175480, 5154271008, 13022699248, 35816428904, 90722285632, 248960813992, 631978627880, 1730939615552
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Scott R. Shannon, Oct 26 2022

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Consider a self-avoiding walk on a 2D square lattice where two visited lattice points are considered to be visible from each other if, on drawing a line directly between these two points, the line neither crosses another lattice point which has been visited by previous steps of the walk, nor crosses any line directly connecting two consecutively visited lattice points that forms a part of the path of the walk. This sequence lists the number of n-step self-avoiding walks for which the first visited lattice point of the walk is directly visible from the last visited point. See the examples below.
For the 29-step walk the ratio of the number of end-to-end visible walks to all walks is a(29)/A001411(29) = 1730939615552/6279396229332 ~ 0.276. The value and behavior of this ratio as n -> infinity is unknown.
See A358046 for the number of walks when only the visited lattice points are considered when determining point visibility.

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			a(1) = 0 as after one step in any of the four available directions the first and last point of the walk are directly connected by a line forming the path, so are not considered mutually visible.
a(2) = 8 as there are 4*3 = 12 2-step SAWs, but the four walks which consist of two steps directly along the axes have a visited lattice point directly between the first and last points of the walk, so those two point are not visible from each other. Thus a(2) = 12 - 4 = 8.
a(3) = 24 as there are thirty-six 3-step SAWs which include four walks directly along the axes which have a first point that is not visible from the last. In the first quadrant there is one other walk whose second-step path is intersected by the line between the first and last points of the walk. This walk is:
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       .---X
       |
   X---.
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where the first and last points are shown as 'X'. The above walk can be walked in eight ways on the 2D square lattice, so the total number of walks where the first point is visible from the last is 36 - 4 - 1*8 = 36 - 12 = 24.
a(4) = 48 as there are one hundred 4-step SAWs which include four walks directly along the axes which have a first point that is not visible from the last. In the first quadrant there are six other walks which have either previously visited points directly on the line between the first and last points of the walk, or in which this line intersects the path of previous steps. These walks are:
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   X           .---X        X
   |           |            |
   @---.       @        @---.      .---.---X     .---.           .---X
       |       |        |          |             |   |           |
   X---.   X---.    X---.      X---.         X---@   X   X---.---.
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where the visited points on the line between the first and last points are shown as '@'. Each of the above walks can be walked in eight ways on the 2D square lattice, so the total number of walks where the first point is visible from the last is 100 - 4 - 6*8 = 100 - 52 = 48.
		

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A358046 Number of n-step self-avoiding walks on a 2D square lattice where the first visited lattice point is directly visible from the last visited lattice point, and were only visited lattice points are considered when determining the visibility of points.

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4, 8, 32, 64, 240, 480, 1904, 3832, 13992, 29304, 103088, 219416, 765600, 1609176, 5611680, 11785240, 40641032, 86254960, 293015872, 628547128, 2108574592, 4556118936, 15143701888, 32875906992, 108521571624, 236390241280, 776007097296, 1695412485136, 5538287862344
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Scott R. Shannon, Oct 26 2022

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Consider a self-avoiding walk on a 2D square lattice where two visited lattice points are considered to be visible from each other if either no other lattice points exist on the line drawn directly between these two lattice points, or if such points exist, they have not been visited by previous steps of the walk. This sequence lists the number of n-step self-avoiding walks for which the first visited lattice point of the walk is directly visible from the last visited point. See the examples below.
For the walks studied there is a difference in the ratio for the number of end-to-end visible walks to all walks for steps with even-n to odd-n. For example a(28)/A001411(28) ~ 0.72, while a(29)/A001411(29) ~ 0.88. The values and behavior of these ratios as n -> infinity is unknown.
See A358036 for the number of walks where the path between lattice points is also considered when determining point visibility.

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			a(1) = 4 as after one step in any of the four available directions the lattice point stepped to and the starting point have no other points between them, so the first point is visible from the last for all four walks.
a(2) = 8 as there are 4*3 = 12 2-step SAWs, but the four walks which consist of two steps directly along the axes have a visited lattice point directly between the first and last points of the walk, so those two point are not visible from each other. Thus a(2) = 12 - 4 = 8.
a(3) = 32 as there are thirty-six 3-step SAWs, and of those, only the four walks directly along the axes have visited points between the first and last points, so a(3) = 36 - 4 = 32.
a(4) = 64 as there are one hundred 4-step SAWs which include four walks directly along the axes which have a first point that is not visible from the last. In the first quadrant there are four other walks which have points on the line between the first and last point, and these points have been visited by earlier steps. These walks are:
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     X            .---X          X
     |            |              |
     @---.        @          @---.       .---.
         |        |          |           |   |
     X---.    X---.      X---.       X---@   X
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where the first and last points are shown as 'X' and where the visited points on the line between these two points are shown as '@'. Each of the above walks can be walked in eight ways on the 2D square lattice, so the total number of walks where the first point is visible from the last is 100 - 4 - 4*8 = 100 - 36 = 64.
		

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A348008 Number of n-step self-avoiding walks on the upper two quadrants of a 2D square lattice where the walk cannot step to the smaller square ring of numbers than the ring it is currently on.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 7, 19, 45, 115, 273, 683, 1629, 4035, 9643, 23713, 56761, 138883, 332807, 811343, 1945777, 4730655, 11351999, 27542291, 66123953, 160174529, 384700337, 930720767, 2236106651, 5404679299, 12988762401, 31370201873, 75409375419, 182019777165, 437648513199
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Scott R. Shannon, Sep 24 2021

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This is a variation of A347990. The same walk rules apply except that the walk is confined to the upper two quadrants of the 2D square lattice. See A347990 for further details.

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			a(0..3) are the same as the standard SAW on the upper two quadrants of a square lattice, see A116903, as the walk cannot step to a smaller ring in the first three steps.
a(4) = 45. If we restrict the first one or more steps to the right followed by an upward step then there is one walk which steps to a smaller ring and is thus forbidden. That is the walk (0,0) -> (1,0) -> (2,0) -> (2,1) -> (1,1). As this can be walked in four different ways in the upper two quadrants the number of 4-step walks becomes A116903(4) - 4 = 49 - 4 = 45.
		

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Cf. A347990 (four quadrants), A348009 (one quadrant), A116903, A001411, A337353.

A348009 Number of n-step self-avoiding walks on one quadrant of a 2D square lattice where the walk cannot step to the smaller square ring of numbers than the ring it is currently on.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 4, 10, 22, 52, 118, 282, 646, 1544, 3576, 8546, 19924, 47612, 111536, 266488, 626520, 1496670, 3528470, 8427952, 19913078, 47559756, 112572916, 268857568, 637327742, 1522153378, 3612811784, 8629110414, 20503211908, 48975965026, 116478744692
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Scott R. Shannon, Sep 24 2021

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This is a variation of A347990. The same walk rules apply except that the walk is confined to one quadrant of the 2D square lattice. See A347990 for further details.

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			a(0..3) are the same as the standard SAW on one quadrant of a square lattice, see A038373, as the walk cannot step to a smaller ring in the first three steps.
a(4) = 22. If we restrict the first one or more steps to the right followed by an upward step then there is one walk which steps to a smaller ring and is thus forbidden. That is the walk (0,0) -> (1,0) -> (2,0) -> (2,1) -> (1,1). As this can be walked in two different ways in one quadrant the number of 4-step walks becomes A038373(4) - 2 = 24 - 2 = 22.
		

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Cf. A347990 (four quadrants), A348008 (two quadrants), A038373, A001411, A337353.
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