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A179410
The number of columns with alive cells in the n-th generation of cyclic sequence of patterns given in A179409, played in Conway's Game of Life on the 8x8 toroidal grid.
2
4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7, 4, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7, 4, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7, 4, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 3
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The mean value of terms in the whole period of 24 is 5.5
EXAMPLE
See illustrations in A179409. In the first four patterns there are alive cells in 4, 5, 3 and 3 columns, thus a(0)=4, a(1)=5, a(2)=3 and a(3)=3.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Jul 27 2010
STATUS
approved