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A284238
Decimal representation of the x-axis, from the origin to the right edge, of the n-th stage of growth of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 833", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
4
1, 0, 6, 10, 10, 42, 42, 170, 170, 682, 682, 2730, 2730, 10922, 10922, 43690, 43690, 174762, 174762, 699050, 699050, 2796202, 2796202, 11184810, 11184810, 44739242, 44739242, 178956970, 178956970, 715827882, 715827882, 2863311530, 2863311530, 11453246122
OFFSET
0,3
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 Chai Wah Wu, May 04 2024: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-1) + 4*a(n-2) - 4*a(n-3) for n > 5.
G.f.: (16*x^5 - 24*x^4 + 8*x^3 + 2*x^2 - x + 1)/((x - 1)*(2*x - 1)*(2*x + 1)). (End)
MATHEMATICA
CAStep[rule_, a_] := Map[rule[[10 - #]] &, ListConvolve[{{0, 2, 0}, {2, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 0}}, a, 2], {2}];
code = 833; 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}];
Table[FromDigits[Part[ca[[i]] [[i]], Range[i, 2 * i - 1]], 2], {i , 1, stages - 1}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Mar 23 2017
STATUS
approved