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A277918
Decimal representation of the x-axis, from the left edge to the origin, of the n-th stage of growth of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 4", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
2
1, 2, 4, 10, 16, 40, 68, 170, 256, 640, 1088, 2720, 4112, 10280, 17476, 43690, 65536, 163840, 278528, 696320, 1052672, 2631680, 4473856, 11184640, 16777472, 41943680, 71304256, 178260640, 269488144, 673720360, 1145324612, 2863311530, 4294967296, 10737418240
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Initialized with a single black (ON) cell at stage zero.
REFERENCES
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.
MATHEMATICA
CAStep[rule_, a_]:=Map[rule[[10-#]]&, ListConvolve[{{0, 2, 0}, {2, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 0}}, a, 2], {2}];
code=4; stages=128;
rule=IntegerDigits[code, 2, 10];
g=2*stages+1; (* Maximum size of grid *)
a=PadLeft[{{1}}, {g, g}, 0, Floor[{g, g}/2]]; (* Initial ON cell on grid *)
ca=a;
ca=Table[ca=CAStep[rule, ca], {n, 1, stages+1}];
PrependTo[ca, a];
(* Trim full grid to reflect growth by one cell at each stage *)
k=(Length[ca[[1]]]+1)/2;
ca=Table[Table[Part[ca[[n]][[j]], Range[k+1-n, k-1+n]], {j, k+1-n, k-1+n}], {n, 1, k}];
Table[FromDigits[Part[ca[[i]][[i]], Range[1, i]], 2], {i, 1, stages-1}]
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A105024 A050871 A348305 * A238720 A264585 A077635
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Nov 03 2016
STATUS
approved