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A267926
Decimal representation of the n-th iteration of the "Rule 246" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.
1
1, 7, 23, 119, 375, 1911, 6007, 30583, 96119, 489335, 1537911, 7829367, 24606583, 125269879, 393705335, 2004318071, 6299285367, 32069089143, 100788565879, 513105426295, 1612617054071, 8209686820727, 25801872865143, 131354989131639, 412829965842295
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 23 2016 and Apr 20 2019: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-1)+16*a(n-2)-16*a(n-3) for n>2.
G.f.: (1+6*x) / ((1-x)*(1-4*x)*(1+4*x)).
(End)
Empirical a(n) = (25*4^n-3*(-4)^n-7)/15. - Colin Barker, Nov 25 2016 and Apr 20 2019
MATHEMATICA
rule=246; 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
Cf. A071041.
Sequence in context: A340889 A053706 A137367 * A228698 A064640 A064639
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Jan 22 2016
STATUS
approved