A355479 a(n) is the number of distinct honeycomb cell walls built after the n-th step of the walk described in A355478.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 40, 41, 42, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 46, 46, 47, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51, 51
Offset: 0
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In the following diagrams the walk is shown at the end of the n-th step, together with the position of the bee (*). . n 0 1 8 28 60 a(n) 0 1 8 24 47 __ __/ \*_ * __* __ __ / \__/ \__ \ \__ \__/ \__ \__ / / \__ \__/ \__/ \__ \ \*_ \__ \__/ \__ \__ / / \ \ / \ \ \ \__/ __/ \__/ __/ / / __/ / __/ \* \__/ \__/ .
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Mathematica
A355479[nmax_]:=Module[{a={0},w={},p1={0, 0},p2,angle=0},Do[w=Union[w,{Sort[{p1,p2=AngleVector[p1,angle+=If[PrimeQ[n],-1,1]Pi/3]}]}];p1=p2;AppendTo[a,Length[w]],{n,nmax}];a]; A355479[100] (* Paolo Xausa, Jan 05 2023 *)
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