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A263511
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Total number of ON (black) cells after n iterations of the "Rule 155" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.
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2
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1, 3, 6, 12, 19, 29, 40, 54, 69, 87, 106, 128, 151, 177, 204, 234, 265, 299, 334, 372, 411, 453, 496, 542, 589, 639, 690, 744, 799, 857, 916, 978, 1041, 1107, 1174, 1244, 1315, 1389, 1464, 1542, 1621, 1703, 1786, 1872, 1959, 2049, 2140, 2234, 2329, 2427
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OFFSET
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0,2
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REFERENCES
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S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
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FORMULA
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MATHEMATICA
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rule=155; rows=20; ca=CellularAutomaton[rule, {{1}, 0}, rows-1, {All, All}]; (* Start with single black cell *) catri=Table[Take[ca[[k]], {rows-k+1, rows+k-1}], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Truncated list of each row *) nbc=Table[Total[catri[[k]]], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Number of Black cells in stage n *) Table[Total[Take[nbc, k]], {k, 1, rows}] (* Number of Black cells through stage n *)
LinearRecurrence[{2, 0, -2, 1}, {1, 3, 6, 12}, 50] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 18 2016 *)
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PROG
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(Magma) I:=[1, 3, 6, 12]; [n le 4 select I[n] else 2*Self(n-1)-2*Self(n-3)+Self(n-4): n in [1..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 18 2016
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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STATUS
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approved
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