Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 20 (2017), Article 17.6.1

Non-Attacking Bishop and King Positions on Regular and Cylindrical Chessboards


Richard M. Low and Ardak Kapbasov
Department of Mathematics
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA 95192
USA

Abstract:

In this paper, we count the number of non-attacking bishop and king positions on the regular and cylindrical m × n (where m = 1, 2, 3) chessboards. This is accomplished through the use of scientific computing, recurrence relations, generating functions and closed-form formulas.


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(Concerned with sequences A001045 A030186 A033505 A046672 A054854 A092896 A219233.)


Received February 5 2017; revised version received May 22 2017. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, June 25 2017.


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