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A266665
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Total number of OFF (white) cells after n iterations of the "Rule 47" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.
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1
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0, 1, 4, 6, 13, 15, 26, 28, 43, 45, 64, 66, 89, 91, 118, 120, 151, 153, 188, 190, 229, 231, 274, 276, 323, 325, 376, 378, 433, 435, 494, 496, 559, 561, 628, 630, 701, 703, 778, 780, 859, 861, 944, 946, 1033, 1035, 1126, 1128, 1223, 1225, 1324, 1326, 1429
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OFFSET
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0,3
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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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LINKS
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FORMULA
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Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 03 2016 and Apr 18 2019: (Start)
a(n) = (n^2+2*n+(-1)^n*(n-1)-1)/2 for n>0.
a(n) = a(n-1)+2*a(n-2)-2*a(n-3)-a(n-4)+a(n-5) for n>5.
G.f.: x*(1+3*x+x^3-x^4) / ((1-x)^3*(1+x)^2).
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MATHEMATICA
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rule=47; 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 *) nwc=Table[Length[catri[[k]]]-nbc[[k]], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Number of White cells in stage n *) Table[Total[Take[nwc, k]], {k, 1, rows}] (* Number of White cells through stage n *)
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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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