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A269815
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Number of active (ON,black) cells at stage 2^n-1 of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 35", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
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0
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1, 5, 37, 185, 817, 3425, 14017, 56705, 228097, 914945, 3664897, 14669825, 58699777, 234840065, 939442177, 3757932545
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Initialized with a single black (ON) cell at stage zero.
Lars Blomberg conjectured that Rules 43 and 59 also produce this sequence. It would be nice to have a proof.
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REFERENCES
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S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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Conjecture: a(n) = 14*4^(n-1) - 5*2^n + 1, n>0. - Lars Blomberg, Apr 18 2016
a(n) = 7*a(n-1)-14*a(n-2)+8*a(n-3) for n>3.
G.f.: (1-2*x+16*x^2-12*x^3) / ((1-x)*(1-2*x)*(1-4*x)).
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MATHEMATICA
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rule=35; stages=300;
ca=CellularAutomaton[{rule, {2, {{0, 2, 0}, {2, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 0}}}, {1, 1}}, {{{1}}, 0}, stages]; (* Start with single black cell *)
on=Map[Function[Apply[Plus, Flatten[#1]]], ca] (* Count ON cells at each stage *)
Part[on, 2^Range[0, Log[2, stages]]] (* Extract relevant terms *)
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,more
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EXTENSIONS
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STATUS
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approved
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