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A094867
Number of iterations of the LQTL cellular automaton required to generate a square of cells in identical states.
3
4, 8, 32, 64, 416, 832
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
For the definition of the LQTL CA, see A102127. The square of size 1 on iteration 1 is not included.
LINKS
P. Sarkar, A Brief History of Cellular Automata, ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 32, No. 1, March 2000.
EXAMPLE
After step a(5) = 832 of the cellular automaton, the nonempty cells form a 8x8 square, all cells in state 2.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,fini
AUTHOR
Robert H Barbour and J. Chapman, Jun 15 2004
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Andrey Zabolotskiy, Nov 05 2023
STATUS
approved