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A334511
Eventual period of a single cell in rule 9 cellular automaton in a cyclic universe of width n.
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2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 5, 12, 18, 5, 22, 12, 26, 14, 30, 16, 34, 18, 38, 20, 42, 22, 46, 24, 50, 26, 54, 28, 58, 30, 62, 32, 66, 34, 70, 36, 74, 38, 78, 40, 82, 42, 86, 44, 90, 46, 94, 48, 98, 50, 102, 52, 106, 54, 110, 56, 114, 58, 118, 60, 122, 62, 126, 64, 130
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Bradley Klee computed a(1)-a(10).
REFERENCES
Bradley Klee, Posting to Math Fun Mailing List, Apr 26 2020
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, May 09 2020: (Start)
G.f.: x*(2 + 2*x - 2*x^2 - 2*x^3 + 7*x^5 + 3*x^6 - 4*x^7 + 10*x^8 - 10*x^9 - 9*x^10 + 14*x^11 - 5*x^13) / ((1 - x)^2*(1 + x)^2).
a(n) = 2*a(n-2) - a(n-4) for n>14.
(End)
Conjecture: a(n) = (3 - (-1)^n)*n/2 for n > 10. - Stefano Spezia, Sep 11 2021
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, May 05 2020
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Jinyuan Wang, May 09 2020
STATUS
approved