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A164032 Number of "ON" cells in a certain 2-dimensional cellular automaton. 0
1, 9, 4, 36, 4, 36, 16, 144, 4, 36, 16, 144, 16, 144, 64, 576, 4, 36, 16, 144, 16, 144, 64, 576, 16, 144, 64, 576, 64, 576, 256, 2304, 4, 36, 16, 144, 16, 144, 64, 576, 16, 144, 64, 576, 64, 576, 256, 2304, 16, 144, 64, 576, 64, 576, 256, 2304, 64, 576, 256, 2304, 256 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

This automaton starts with one ON cell and evolves according to the rule that a cell is ON in a given generation if and only if the number of ON cells, among the cell itself and its eight nearest neighbors, was exactly one in the preceding generation.

FORMULA

It appears that this is the self-generating sequence defined by the following process: start with s={1,9} and repeatedly extend by concatenating s with 4*s, thus obtaining {1,9} -> {1,9,4,36} -> {1,9,4,36,4,36,16,144},... , etc.

Also, it appears that if n=2^k+j, with n>2 and 1<=j<=2^k, then a(n)=4a(j), with a(1)=1, a(2)=9.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A048883, A079315, A122108, A160239

Sequence in context: A014717 A104728 A058093 * A122846 A038294 A195360

Adjacent sequences:  A164029 A164030 A164031 * A164033 A164034 A164035

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

John W. Layman (layman(AT)math.vt.edu), Aug 08 2009

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