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A151731
Number of ON states after n generations of cellular automaton based on square grid with each cell adjacent to its eight neighbors.
6
0, 2, 6, 14, 20, 32, 40, 54, 70, 94, 108, 128, 152, 172, 188, 224, 256, 300, 344, 380, 416, 464, 504, 552, 598, 658, 728, 772, 816, 880, 940, 1000, 1076, 1148, 1212, 1276, 1360, 1454, 1556, 1624, 1708, 1796, 1912, 2004, 2124, 2250, 2376, 2480
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
A cell is turned ON if exactly two of its eight neighbors is ON. An ON cell remains ON forever.
We start with two edge-adjacent ON cells.
PROG
(PARI) See Links section.
CROSSREFS
See A151725, A151726 for the same CA except that exactly one neighbor must be ON for a cell to turn ON.
Sequence in context: A130800 A067262 A107369 * A009779 A086666 A032383
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 15 2009
STATUS
approved