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A273834
First differences of number of active (ON, black) cells in n-th stage of growth of two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 961", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
1
3, 17, 24, 31, 41, 47, 57, 63, 73, 79, 89, 95, 105, 111, 121, 127, 137, 143, 153, 159, 169, 175, 185, 191, 201, 207, 217, 223, 233, 239, 249, 255, 265, 271, 281, 287, 297, 303, 313, 319, 329, 335, 345, 351, 361, 367, 377, 383, 393, 399, 409, 415, 425, 431
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Initialized with a single black (ON) cell at stage zero.
REFERENCES
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jun 01 2016: (Start)
a(n) = 8+(-1)^n+8*n for n>2.
a(n) = 9+8*n for n>2 and even.
a(n) = 7+8*n for n>2 and odd.
a(n) = a(n-1)+a(n-2)-a(n-3) for n>5.
G.f.: (3+14*x+4*x^2-7*x^3+3*x^4-x^5) / ((1-x)^2*(1+x)).
(End)
MATHEMATICA
CAStep[rule_, a_]:=Map[rule[[10-#]]&, ListConvolve[{{0, 2, 0}, {2, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 0}}, a, 2], {2}];
code=961; 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[on[[i+1]]-on[[i]], {i, 1, Length[on]-1}] (* Difference at each stage *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A273831.
Sequence in context: A154620 A175385 A174268 * A273850 A060860 A273782
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, May 31 2016
STATUS
approved