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A269878
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Partial sums of the number of active (ON,black) cells in n-th stage of growth of two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 43", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
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1, 6, 11, 48, 61, 158, 183, 368, 409, 710, 771, 1216, 1301, 1918, 2031, 2848, 2993, 4038, 4219, 5520, 5741, 7326, 7591, 9488, 9801, 12038, 12403, 15008, 15429, 18430, 18911, 22336, 22881, 26758, 27371, 31728, 32413, 37278, 38039, 43440, 44281, 50246, 51171
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Initialized with a single black (ON) cell at stage zero.
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REFERENCES
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S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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a(n) = (3*(3+(-1)^n)-4*(-4+3*(-1)^n)*n+(21-9*(-1)^n)*n^2+8*n^3)/12.
a(n) = (4*n^3+6*n^2+2*n+6)/6 for n even.
a(n) = (4*n^3+15*n^2+14*n+3)/6 for n odd.
a(n) = a(n-1)+3*a(n-2)-3*a(n-3)-3*a(n-4)+3*a(n-5)+a(n-6)-a(n-7) for n>6.
G.f.: (1+5*x+2*x^2+22*x^3+x^4+x^5) / ((1-x)^4*(1+x)^3).
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MATHEMATICA
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code=43; stages=128;
rule=IntegerDigits[code, 2, 10];
g=2*stages+1; (* Maximum size of grid *)
a=PadLeft[{{1}}, {g, g}, 0, Floor[{g, g}/2]]; (* Initial ON cell on grid *)
ca=a;
ca=Table[ca=CAStep[rule, ca], {n, 1, stages+1}];
PrependTo[ca, a];
(* Trim full grid to reflect growth by one cell at each stage *)
k=(Length[ca[[1]]]+1)/2;
ca=Table[Table[Part[ca[[n]][[j]], Range[k+1-n, k-1+n]], {j, k+1-n, k-1+n}], {n, 1, k}];
on=Map[Function[Apply[Plus, Flatten[#1]]], ca] (* Count ON cells at each stage *)
Table[Total[Part[on, Range[1, i]]], {i, 1, Length[on]}] (* Sum at each stage *)
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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