OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Population stabilizes at 116 alive cells after generation 1102.
LINKS
Jean-François Alcover, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1103
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Game of Life
Wikipedia, Conway's Game of Life
MATHEMATICA
(* example with a 100x100 grid *) m = 50; GameOfLife = {224, {2, {{2, 2, 2}, {2, 1, 2}, {2, 2, 2}}}, {1, 1}}; grids = CellularAutomaton[ GameOfLife, SparseArray[{{m-1, m} -> 1, {m-1, m+1} -> 1, {m, m-1} -> 1, {m, m} -> 1, {m+1, m} -> 1}, {2m, 2m}], 2m]; a[n_] := grids[[n+1]] // Flatten // Total; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 2 m}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Feb 14 2016
STATUS
approved