#!/usr/bin/perl -w # Copyright 2010, 2011, 2012 Kevin Ryde # This file is part of Math-PlanePath. # # Math-PlanePath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free # Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later # version. # # Math-PlanePath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY # or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License # for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with Math-PlanePath. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. # Usage: perl knights-oeis.pl # # This spot of code prints sequence A068608 of Sloane's On-Line Encyclopedia # of Integer Sequences # # http://oeis.org/A068608 # # which is the infinite knight's tour path of Math::PlanePath::KnightSpiral # with the X,Y positions numbered according to the SquareSpiral and thus # giving an integer sequence # # 1, 10, 3, 16, 19, 22, 9, 12, 15, 18, 7, 24, 11, 14, ... # # All points in the first quadrant are reached by both paths, so this is a # permutation of the integers. # # There's eight variations on the sequence. 2 directions clockwise and # anti-clockwise and 4 sides to start from relative to the side the square # spiral numbering starts from. # # A068608 # A068609 # A068610 # A068611 # A068612 # A068613 # A068614 # A068615 # use 5.004; use strict; use Math::PlanePath::KnightSpiral; use Math::PlanePath::SquareSpiral; my $knights = Math::PlanePath::KnightSpiral->new; my $square = Math::PlanePath::SquareSpiral->new; foreach my $n ($knights->n_start .. 20) { my ($x, $y) = $knights->n_to_xy ($n); my $sq_n = $square->xy_to_n ($x, $y); print "$sq_n, "; } print "...\n"; exit 0;