OFFSET
0,3
REFERENCES
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
LINKS
Robert Price, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Elementary Cellular Automaton
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 13 2016: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-3)+a(n-4)-a(n-7) for n>7.
G.f.: (1+x+5*x^2+x^3+5*x^4+x^5+3*x^6-3*x^7) / ((1-x)^2*(1+x)*(1+x^2)*(1+x+x^2)).
(End)
MATHEMATICA
rule=109; 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[Total[catri[[k]]], {k, 1, rows}] (* Number of Black cells in stage n *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Jan 11 2016
STATUS
approved