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A386775 Place a point on the integer coordinates, up to |k|, 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 smallest k such that n lines intersect at a point not on the axes.

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%I A386775 #11 Aug 11 2025 10:31:53
%S A386775 2,3,4,6,8,9,9,10,14,16,18,20,24,25,26,30,34,36
%N A386775 Place a point on the integer coordinates, up to |k|, 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 smallest k such that n lines intersect at a point not on the axes.
%C A386775 See A386559 for images of the graph intersections.
%e A386775 a(9) = 10 as the following 9 lines all intersect at the point (4,3) while having |x| and |y| intercepts <= 10 :
%e A386775 .
%e A386775    equation    |  y-intercept  |  x-intercept
%e A386775 -------------------------------------------------
%e A386775    -3/2*x + 9  |       9       |       6
%e A386775        -x + 7  |       7       |       7
%e A386775    -3/4*x + 6  |       6       |       8
%e A386775    -1/2*x + 5  |       5       |      10
%e A386775     1/4*x + 2  |       2       |      -8
%e A386775     1/2*x + 1  |       1       |      -2
%e A386775         x - 1  |      -1       |       1
%e A386775     3/2*x - 3  |      -3       |       2
%e A386775       3*x - 9  |      -9       |       3
%e A386775 -------------------------------------------------
%Y A386775 Cf. A386559.
%K A386775 nonn,more
%O A386775 2,1
%A A386775 _Scott R. Shannon_, Aug 02 2025