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A170889
First differences of toothpick sequence A170888.
4
0, 1, 2, 4, 4, 4, 6, 10, 8, 4, 6, 10, 10, 12, 20, 26, 16, 4, 6, 10, 10, 12, 20, 26, 18, 12, 20, 28, 30, 42, 64, 66, 32, 4, 6, 10, 10, 12, 20, 26, 18, 12, 20, 28, 30, 42, 64, 66, 34, 12, 20, 28, 30, 42, 64, 68, 46, 42, 66, 84, 100, 146, 192, 162, 64, 4, 6, 10, 10, 12, 20, 26, 18, 12
OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
David Applegate, Omar E. Pol and N. J. A. Sloane, The Toothpick Sequence and Other Sequences from Cellular Automata, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 206 (2010), 157-191. [There is a typo in Theorem 6: (13) should read u(n) = 4.3^(wt(n-1)-1) for n >= 2.]
EXAMPLE
From Omar E. Pol, Jan 30 2013 (Start):
Written as an irregular triangle:
0;
1;
2;
4,4;
4,6,10,8;
4,6,10,10,12,20,26,16;
4,6,10,10,12,20,26,18,12,20,28,30,42,64,66,32;
4,6,10,10,12,20,26,18,12,20,28,30,42,64,66,34,12,20,28,30,42,64,68,46,42,66,84,100,146,192,162,64;
(End)
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, Jan 09 2010
EXTENSIONS
Terms beyond a(10) from R. J. Mathar, Jan 25 2010
STATUS
approved