The problem of determining how many nonattacking kings can be placed on an chessboard. For , the solution is 16, as illustrated above (Madachy 1979). In general, the solutions are
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(Madachy 1979), giving the sequence of doubled squares 1, 1, 4, 4, 9, 9, 16, 16, ... (OEIS A008794). This sequence has generating function
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The minimal number of kings needed to occupy or attack every square on an chessboard (i.e., domination numbers for the king graphs) are given for , 2, ... by 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 9, 9, 9, 16, ... (OEIS A075561), with the case illustrated above and noted by (Madachy 1979, p. 39). In general, for an chessboard,
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