A182563 - OEIS

A182563

Number of ways to place n non-attacking semi-knights on an n x n chessboard

1, 6, 70, 1289, 33864, 1148760, 47700972, 2344465830, 133055587660, 8559364525414, 615266768106190, 48861588247978827, 4247584874013608724, 401107335066453376830, 40880928693752664368224, 4472281486633326131737868

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OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Semi-knight is a semi-leaper [1,2]. Moves of a semi-knight are allowed only in [2,1] and [-2,-1]. See also semi-bishops (A187235).

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..16.

V. Kotesovec, Non-attacking chess pieces, 6ed, p.289

FORMULA

Asymptotic: a(n) ~ n^(2n)/n!*exp(-3/2).

CROSSREFS

Cf. A182562, A201540, A201513, A002465, A201511, A197989, A201861.

Sequence in context: A354328 A036361 A365057 * A211036 A284215 A050788

Adjacent sequences: A182560 A182561 A182562 * A182564 A182565 A182566

KEYWORD

nonn,hard,more

AUTHOR

Vaclav Kotesovec, May 05 2012

EXTENSIONS

a(16) from Vaclav Kotesovec, May 24 2021

STATUS

approved