A179410 - OEIS

%I #4 Jul 12 2012 00:39:52

%S 4,5,3,3,5,5,7,6,7,8,7,7,7,4,7,5,6,6,5,5,5,5,7,3,4,5,3,3,5,5,7,6,7,8,

%T 7,7,7,4,7,5,6,6,5,5,5,5,7,3,4,5,3,3,5,5,7,6,7,8,7,7,7,4,7,5,6,6,5,5,

%U 5,5,7,3

%N The number of columns with alive cells in the n-th generation of cyclic sequence of patterns given in A179409, played in Conway's Game of Life on the 8x8 toroidal grid.

%C The mean value of terms in the whole period of 24 is 5.5

%H A. Karttunen, <a href="/A179409/a179409.ijs.txt">J-program for computing the terms of this sequence</a>

%e See illustrations in A179409. In the first four patterns there are alive cells in 4, 5, 3 and 3 columns, thus a(0)=4, a(1)=5, a(2)=3 and a(3)=3.

%Y A179409 & A179411.

%K nonn

%O 0,1

%A _Antti Karttunen_, Jul 27 2010