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a(n) = 2*A194693(n).
4

%I #15 Sep 26 2015 01:17:13

%S 4,4,8,12,16,16,24,26,24,20,32,40,64,40,48,54,40,20,32,48,72,82,96,96,

%T 108,68,88,100,160,96,96,110,72,20,32,48,72,82,96,108,136,124,160,160,

%U 248,190,208,178,188,88,96,136

%N a(n) = 2*A194693(n).

%C Conjecture: number of toothpicks or D-toothpicks added to the structure of A194440 at stage 2^k+n, if k tends to infinity. It appears that rows of A194441 when written as a triangle converge to this sequence.

%H N. J. A. Sloane, <a href="/wiki/Catalog_of_Toothpick_and_CA_Sequences_in_OEIS">Catalog of Toothpick and Cellular Automata Sequences in the OEIS</a>

%H <a href="/index/To#toothpick">Index entries for sequences related to toothpick sequences</a>

%e Written as a triangle:

%e 4,

%e 4,

%e 8,

%e 12,16,

%e 16,24,26,24,

%e 20,32,40,64,40,48,54,40,

%e 20,32,48,72,82,96,96,108,68,88,100,160,96,96,110,72,

%e 20,32,48,72,82,96,108,136,124,160,160,248,190,208,178,...

%Y Cf. A152980, A194270, A194440, A194692, A194693, A194697.

%K nonn,more

%O 1,1

%A _Omar E. Pol_, Sep 03 2011