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A089071 Number of liberties a big eye of size n gives in the game of Go. +0
2
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 17, 23, 30, 38, 47, 57, 68, 80, 93, 107, 122, 138, 155, 173, 192, 212, 233, 255, 278, 302, 327, 353, 380, 408, 437, 467, 498, 530, 563, 597, 632, 668, 705, 743, 782, 822, 863, 905, 948, 992, 1037, 1083, 1130, 1178, 1227, 1277, 1328, 1380 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

The terms after the seventh are considered only of theoretical importance, since the largest dead shape is six spaces.

LINKS

Senseis Library, Big Eye Liberties

FORMULA

a(n)=a(n-1)+n-2 for n>=3.

EXAMPLE

A 5-space big eye can be almost filled in 4 moves, after which one takes and has a 4-space big eye (5 liberties) left. This gives a total of 4+5 moves for the opponent and 1 for oneself, for de facto 8 liberties.

MATHEMATICA

i=-1; s=3; lst={Abs[i], s+i}; Do[s+=n+i; If[s>2, AppendTo[lst, s]], {n, 0, 6!, 1}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Oct 30 2008]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A028955 A104664 A022856 this_sequence A061535 A129504 A024789

Adjacent sequences: A089068 A089069 A089070 this_sequence A089072 A089073 A089074

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Andre Engels (engelsAG(AT)t-online.de), Dec 03 2003

EXTENSIONS

More terms from David Wasserman (wasserma(AT)spawar.navy.mil), Aug 29 2005

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