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A160731
First differences of A160730.
4
2, 2, 4, 6, 6, 6, 12, 14, 12, 6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32, 34, 20, 6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32, 34, 24, 18, 32, 38, 44, 62, 92, 82, 36, 6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32, 34, 24, 18, 32, 38, 44, 62, 92, 82, 40, 18, 32, 38, 44, 62
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
David Applegate, Omar E. Pol and N. J. A. Sloane, The Toothpick Sequence and Other Sequences from Cellular Automata, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 206 (2010), 157-191. [There is a typo in Theorem 6: (13) should read u(n) = 4.3^(wt(n-1)-1) for n >= 2.]
FORMULA
From Nathaniel Johnston, Mar 28 2011: (Start)
a(n) = 2*A168113(n)
a(2^(n+2) + 1) = 4(2^n + 1), n >= 1.
(End)
EXAMPLE
Placing the entries starting from a(4) in a triangle with rows that have length equal to powers of two gives:
6, 6
6, 12, 14, 12
6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32, 34, 20
6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32, 34, 24, 18, 32, 38, 44, 62, 92, 82, 36
...
The rows of this triangle tend to 2*A168114.
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, May 25 2009
EXTENSIONS
Terms after a(11) from Nathaniel Johnston, Mar 28 2011
STATUS
approved