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A170887
First differences of toothpick sequence A170886.
4
0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 6, 6, 6, 8, 12, 6, 8, 12, 18, 14, 14, 20, 20, 6, 8, 12, 18, 14, 16, 24, 26, 16, 24, 38, 46, 38, 42, 52, 36, 6, 8, 12, 18, 14, 16, 24, 26, 16, 24, 38, 46, 38, 44, 56, 42, 16, 24, 38, 46, 40, 52, 70, 64, 52, 82, 118, 126, 114, 130, 132, 68, 6, 8, 12, 18, 14, 16, 24
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Number of toothpicks added at n-th stage to the toothpick structure of A170886. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 31 2013
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.]
EXAMPLE
From Omar E. Pol, Jan 30 2013: (Start)
If written as an irregular triangle in which rows 0..3 have length 1, it appears that row j has length 2^(j-4), if j >= 4. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 31 2013
0;
1;
2;
2;
2;
4,6;
6,6,8,12;
6,8,12,18,14,14,20,20;
6,8,12,18,14,16,24,26,16,24,38,46,38,42,52,36;
6,8,12,18,14,16,24,26,16,24,38,46,38,44,56,42,16,24,38,46,40,52,70,64,52,82,118,126,114,130,132,68;
6,8,12,18,14,16,24,...
(End)
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, Jan 09 2010
EXTENSIONS
More terms from R. J. Mathar, Jan 25 2010
STATUS
approved