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A178880
Period of the oscillator resulting from an n X n square of ON cells in the life-like cellular automaton given by the rule-string B45678/S2345.
0
1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 7, 7, 10, 17, 17, 48, 56, 31, 58, 57, 518, 677, 674, 5160
OFFSET
1,3
EXAMPLE
Using the rulestring B45678/S2345, a 7 X 7 square of ON cells becomes a period 7 oscillator after 2 generations, so a(7)=7.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A035428 A177851 A245935 * A079953 A133393 A126881
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ben Branman, Jun 20 2010
STATUS
approved