A267882 Total number of ON (black) cells after n iterations of the "Rule 233" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.

1, 1, 4, 10, 19, 30, 43, 58, 75, 94, 115, 138, 163, 190, 219, 250, 283, 318, 355, 394, 435, 478, 523, 570, 619, 670, 723, 778, 835, 894, 955, 1018, 1083, 1150, 1219, 1290, 1363, 1438, 1515, 1594, 1675, 1758, 1843, 1930, 2019, 2110, 2203, 2298, 2395, 2494

Offset

0,3

References

S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.

Links

Robert Price, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Elementary Cellular Automaton

S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science

Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata

Index to Elementary Cellular Automata

Formula

Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 22 2016 and Apr 20 2019: (Start)

a(n) = 3*a(n-1)-3*a(n-2)+a(n-3) for n>2.

G.f.: (1-2*x+4*x^2-x^5) / (1-x)^3.

(End)

Mathematica

rule=233; 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 *) nbc=Table[Total[catri[[k]]], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Number of Black cells in stage n *) Table[Total[Take[nbc, k]], {k, 1, rows}] (* Number of Black cells through stage n *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A267868.

Sequence in context: A062198 A050858 A173248 * A238705 A022785 A241239

Adjacent sequences: A267879 A267880 A267881 * A267883 A267884 A267885

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Robert Price, Jan 21 2016

Status

approved