A267888 Decimal representation of the n-th iteration of the "Rule 237" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.

1, 2, 31, 127, 511, 2047, 8191, 32767, 131071, 524287, 2097151, 8388607, 33554431, 134217727, 536870911, 2147483647, 8589934591, 34359738367, 137438953471, 549755813887, 2199023255551, 8796093022207, 35184372088831, 140737488355327, 562949953421311

Offset

0,2

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

Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata

Index to Elementary Cellular Automata

Formula

Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 22 2016 and Apr 17 2019: (Start)

a(n) = 5*a(n-1)-4*a(n-2) for n>3.

G.f.: (1-3*x+25*x^2-20*x^3) / ((1-x)*(1-4*x)).

(End)

a(n) = 2^(2*n+1) - 1 for n>1. - Colin Barker, Nov 25 2016

Mathematica

rule=237; 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

Cf. A267870.

Sequence in context: A107170 A273403 A291052 * A229014 A042059 A343830

Adjacent sequences: A267885 A267886 A267887 * A267889 A267890 A267891

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Robert Price, Jan 21 2016

Status

approved