A151905 a(0) = a(2) = 0, a(1) = 1; for n >= 3, n = 3*2^k+j, 0 <= j < 3*2^k, a(n) = A151904(j).

0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 4, 4, 13, 13, 13, 40, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 4, 4, 13, 13, 13, 40, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 4, 4, 13, 13, 13, 40, 4, 4, 13, 13, 13, 40, 13

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 31 2009

Keywords

• nonn
• tabf

Comments

Consider the Holladay-Ulam CA shown in Fig. 2 and Example 2 of the Ulam article. Then a(n) is the number of cells turned ON in generation n in a 45-degree sector that are not on the main stem.

Examples

			If written as a triangle:
0,
1, 0,
0, 0, 1,
0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4,
0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13,
0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 4, 4, 13, 13, 13, 40
0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 4, 4, 13, 13, 13, 40, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 13, 4, 4, 13, 13, 13, 40, 4, 4, 13, 13, 13, 40, 13, 13, 40, 40, 40, 121,
...
then the rows converge to A151904.
		

References

• S. Ulam, On some mathematical problems connected with patterns of growth of figures, pp. 215-224 of R. E. Bellman, ed., Mathematical Problems in the Biological Sciences, Proc. Sympos. Applied Math., Vol. 14, Amer. Math. Soc., 1962.

Links

• David Applegate, Omar E. Pol and N. J. A. Sloane, The Toothpick Sequence and Other Sequences from Cellular Automata, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 206 (2010), 157-191. [There is a typo in Theorem 6: (13) should read u(n) = 4.3^(wt(n-1)-1) for n >= 2.]
• N. J. A. Sloane, Catalog of Toothpick and Cellular Automata Sequences in the OEIS
• N. J. A. Sloane, Illustration of initial terms (annotated copy of figure on p. 222 of Ulam)

Crossrefs

Cf. A151904, A151906, A151907, A139250, A151895, A151896.

Programs

Maple

f := proc(n) local j; j:=n mod 6; if (j<=1) then 0 elif (j<=4) then 1 else 2; fi; end;
wt := proc(n) local w,m,i; w := 0; m := n; while m > 0 do i := m mod 2; w := w+i; m := (m-i)/2; od; w; end;
A151904 := proc(n) local k,j; k:=floor(n/6); j:=n-6*k; (3^(wt(k)+f(j))-1)/2; end;
A151905 := proc (n) local k,j;
if (n=0) then 0;
elif (n=1) then 1;
elif (n=2) then 0;
else k:=floor( log(n/3)/log(2) ); j:=n-3*2^k; A151904(j); fi;
end;

Mathematica

wt[n_] := DigitCount[n, 2, 1];
f[n_] := {0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}[[Mod[n, 6] + 1]];
A151902[n_] := wt[Floor[n/6]] + f[n - 6 Floor[n/6]];
A151904[n_] := (3^A151902[n] - 1)/2;
a[n_] := Module[{k, j}, Switch[n, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, _, k = Floor[Log2[n/3]]; j = n - 3*2^k; A151904[j]]];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 90}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 16 2023, after Maple code *)