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A182841
Number of toothpicks added at n-th stage in the toothpick structure of A182840.
9
0, 1, 4, 8, 14, 16, 14, 24, 38, 32, 14, 24, 46, 64, 54, 56, 86, 64, 14, 24, 46, 64, 62, 80, 126, 144, 86, 56, 110, 168, 158, 144, 198, 128, 14, 24, 46, 64, 62, 80, 126, 144, 94, 80, 142, 224, 238, 224, 286, 304, 150, 56, 110, 168, 182, 216, 326, 408, 302, 176, 262, 408, 414, 360, 438, 256
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
First differences of A182840.
LINKS
David Applegate, The movie version
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.]
FORMULA
a(2^k + 1) = 2^(k+2), at least for 0 <= k <= 9. - Omar E. Pol, Nov 01 2014
EXAMPLE
From Omar E. Pol, Nov 01 2014: (Start)
When written as an irregular triangle:
0;
1;
4;
8;
14, 16;
14, 24, 38, 32;
14, 24, 46, 64, 54, 56, 86, 64;
14, 24, 46, 64, 62, 80, 126, 144, 86, 56, 110, 168, 158, 144, 198, 128;
14, 24, 46, 64, 62, 80, 126, 144, 94, 80, 142, 224, 238, 224, 286, 304, 150, 56, 110, 168, 182, 216, 326, 408, 302, 176, 262, 408, 414, 360, 438, 256;
...
(End)
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, Dec 09 2010
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Olaf Voß, Dec 24 2010
Wiki link added by Olaf Voß, Jan 14 2011
STATUS
approved