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A273480
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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 737", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
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1, 5, 30, 79, 160, 281, 450, 675, 964, 1325, 1766, 2295, 2920, 3649, 4490, 5451, 6540, 7765, 9134, 10655, 12336, 14185, 16210, 18419, 20820, 23421, 26230, 29255, 32504, 35985, 39706, 43675, 47900, 52389, 57150, 62191, 67520, 73145, 79074, 85315, 91876, 98765
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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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FORMULA
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a(n) = (4*n^3+12*n^2+11*n-12)/3 for n>0.
a(n) = 4*a(n-1)-6*a(n-2)+4*a(n-3)-a(n-4) for n>4.
G.f.: (1+x+16*x^2-15*x^3+5*x^4) / (1-x)^4.
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MATHEMATICA
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CAStep[rule_, a_]:=Map[rule[[10-#]]&, ListConvolve[{{0, 2, 0}, {2, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 0}}, a, 2], {2}];
code=737; 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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STATUS
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approved
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