HMIC 2020 Problem 2
Some bishops and knights are placed on an infinite chessboard, where each square has side length 1 unit. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
- For each bishop, there exists a knight on the same diagonal as that bishop (there may be another piece between the bishop and the knight).
- For each knight, there exists a bishop that is exactly units away from it.
- If any piece is removed from the board, then at least one of the two conditions above is no longer satisfied.
If is the total number of pieces on the board, find all possible values of .
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