A354375 Square spiral on a 2D square lattice, one term per cell, starting at the origin with 0; the digits of the four integers forming any 2 X 2 square add up to a square and those sums themselves form another infinite 2D square lattice with the same property.
0, 1, 2, 6, 3, 999, 4, 5, 12, 7, 799, 8, 9, 89, 29, 79, 10, 88, 8999, 69, 11, 78, 39, 97, 19, 13, 87, 7999, 59, 14, 15, 169, 39999, 68, 49999, 699, 16, 22, 96, 159, 178, 21, 17, 599, 59999, 49, 58999, 168, 25, 18, 187, 100, 4999, 20, 177, 28, 23, 186, 89999, 99999, 199999, 98999, 9999, 77, 24, 27
Offset: 1
Examples
The spiral begins:
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11--78--39--97--19--13
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69 4---5--12---7 87
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8999 999 0---1 799 7999
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88 3---6---2 8 59
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10--79--29--89---9 14
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... 39999-169-15
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The digits of the four integers inside each of the four 2 X 2 squares that contain the initial 0 add up to a square: 0 + 1 + 2 + 6 = 9, 0 + 6 + 3 + (9+9+9) = 36, 0 + 999 + 4 + 5 = 36, 0 + 5 + (1+2) + 1 = 9. This is true for any 2 X 2 square on the (infinite) grid; the digits of the upper right corner add up to 36, for instance: (1+9) + (1+3) + (8+7) + 7 = 36; the lower right 2 X 2 square produces 36 = 9 + (1+4) + (1+5) + (1+6+9); etc.
All those successive "square sums" form the hereunder "second-level" spiral:
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36---9--36--81
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36 9--36 81
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36--36--36 36
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... 81--36
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Though the terms of this new spiral are not distinct (only multiples of 9), the sum of the digits inside any 2 X 2 square is a square again; the upper left 2 X 2 square produces for instance the square 36 = (3+6) + 9 + 9 + (3+6); the lower left 2 X 2 square produces the square 36 again = (3+6) + 9 + (3+6) + (3+6); the lower right 2 X 2 square produces also the square 36 = (3+6) + (3+6) + (3+6) + (8+1); the initial "center square" produces the same 36 = 9 + (3+6) + (3+6) + (3+6); etc.
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