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A267055
Decimal representation of the n-th iteration of the "Rule 93" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.
2
1, 3, 20, 47, 336, 703, 5440, 11007, 87296, 175103, 1397760, 2797567, 22368256, 44744703, 357908480, 715849727, 5726601216, 11453333503, 91625881600, 183252287487, 1466015154176, 2932032405503, 23456246661120, 46912501710847, 375299963355136, 750599960264703
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 10 2016 and Apr 19 2019: (Start)
a(n) = 21*a(n-2)-84*a(n-4)+64*a(n-6) for n>5.
G.f.: (1+3*x-x^2-16*x^3-32*x^5) / ((1-x)*(1+x)*(1-2*x)*(1+2*x)*(1-4*x)*(1+4*x)).
(End)
MATHEMATICA
rule=93; 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 *) Table[FromDigits[catri[[k]], 2], {k, 1, rows}] (* Decimal Representation of Rows *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A268602 A344890 A072472 * A296252 A211068 A343010
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Jan 09 2016
EXTENSIONS
Removed an unjustified claim that Colin Barker's conjectures are correct. Removed a program based on a conjecture. - Michael De Vlieger, Jun 13 2022
STATUS
approved