Counting Solutions
The following table gives the number of solutions for placing n queens on an n × n board, both unique (sequence A002562 in OEIS) and distinct (sequence A000170 in OEIS), for n=1–14, 24–26.
| n: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | .. | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unique: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 92 | 341 | 1,787 | 9,233 | 45,752 | .. | 28,439,272,956,934 | 275,986,683,743,434 | 2,789,712,466,510,289 |
| distinct: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 92 | 352 | 724 | 2,680 | 14,200 | 73,712 | 365,596 | .. | 227,514,171,973,736 | 2,207,893,435,808,352 | 22,317,699,616,364,044 |
Note that the six queens puzzle has fewer solutions than the five queens puzzle.
There is currently no known formula for the exact number of solutions.
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