A386559 Place a point on the integer coordinates, up to |n|, along all four axial directions on a Cartesian plane, and then join an infinite straight line between every pair of points: a(n) is the number of points where lines intersect in the resulting graph.

5, 65, 381, 1213, 3033, 6105, 12285, 20789, 33705, 51065, 79797, 110817, 161549, 216985, 284269, 367925, 489953, 609225, 785045, 952877, 1157749, 1404473

Offset: 1

Author

Scott R. Shannon, Jul 26 2025

Keywords

• nonn
• more

Comments

It appears that for n >= 3 the intersection that is furthest from the origin is formed by the crossing of the lines y = n/(n-1)*x + n and y = (n-1)/(n-2)*x - (n-1), along with the seven other symmetrically equivalent intersections. These intersections have a distance from the origin of approximately sqrt(8)*n^3 as n -> infinity.

Links

• Scott R. Shannon, Image for n = 1.
• Scott R. Shannon, Image for n = 2.
• Scott R. Shannon, Image for n = 3.
• Scott R. Shannon, Image for n = 4.

Crossrefs

Cf. A386560 (regions), A386561 (edges), A386562 (k-gons), A146212, A347750, A344657, A345649.

Formula

a(n) = A386561(n) - A386560(n) + 1 by Euler's formula.