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A293288
Number of level n squares on a Sierpinski carpet that are enclosed in a circle with the same center and diameter.
3
0, 0, 32, 332, 2908, 23900, 192844, 1547068, 12388068, 99135316, 793162780, 6345516140, 50764701756, 406119132924, 3248957101772, 25991667561644, 207933369171996, 1663467029827132, 13307736442512524, 106461892083564380, 851695138117736668, 6813561108806027412
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
There are 8^n level n squares on a Sierpinski carpet.
The terms of this sequence have a common factor 4.
Lim_{n->infinity} a(n)/a(n-1) = 8.
Lim_{n->infinity} a(n)/8^n = 0.73872777586247800994....
LINKS
Chyanog, Illustration of initial terms (the red squares are counted)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Yi Yang, Oct 04 2017
STATUS
approved