OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
Robert Price, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Elementary Cellular Automaton
Stephen Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 18 2016 and Apr 20 2019: (Start)
a(n) = 5*a(n-1)-4*a(n-2) for n>3.
G.f.: (1-3*x+9*x^2-4*x^3) / ((1-x)*(1-4*x)).
(End)
Empirical a(n) = 4^n - 1 for n>1. - Colin Barker, Nov 25 2016 and Apr 20 2019
MATHEMATICA
rule=173; rows=20; ca=CellularAutomaton[rule, {{1}, 0}, rows-1, {All, All}]; (* Start with single black cell *) catri=Table[Take[ca[[k]], {rows-k+1, rows+k-1}], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Truncated list of each row *) Table[FromDigits[catri[[k]], 2], {k, 1, rows}] (* Decimal Representation of Rows *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Jan 18 2016
STATUS
approved