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A278600
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 54", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
4
1, 3, 4, 12, 16, 54, 72, 222, 268, 880, 1162, 3546, 4258, 14322, 18758, 57280, 68224, 227988, 301012, 915476, 1089588, 3667588, 4784268, 14616800, 17459722, 58429214, 76563168, 233853440, 279272008, 939508680, 1229530526, 3754632256, 4471958752, 14947688972
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=54; 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
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Nov 23 2016
STATUS
approved