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A160161 First differences of the 3D toothpick numbers A160160.

0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 16, 32, 56, 32, 16, 8, 16, 32, 56, 56, 64, 80, 152, 232, 352, 144, 48, 32, 24, 40, 56, 56, 64, 80, 152, 232, 352, 216, 168, 176, 272, 360, 496, 448, 536, 664, 1168, 1488, 2000, 768, 304, 336, 264, 192, 112, 120, 128, 112, 168, 240, 352, 216, 168, 176, 272, 360, 496

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, May 03 2009

Number of toothpicks added at n-th stage to the three-dimensional toothpick structure of A160160.

The sequence should start with a(1) = 1 = A160160(1) - A160160(0), the initial a(0) = 0 seems purely conventional and not given in terms of A160160. The sequence can be written as a table with rows r >= 0 of length 1, 1, 1, 3, 9, 18, 36, ... = 9*2^(r-4) for row r >= 4. In that case, rows 0..3 are filled with 2^r, and all rows r >= 3 have the form (x_r, y_r, x_r) where x_r and y_r have 3*2^(r-4) elements, all multiples of 8. Moreover, y_r[1] = a(A033484(r-2)) = x_{r+1}[1] = a(A176449(r-3)) is the largest element of row r and thus a record value of the sequence. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 11 2018

			Array begins:
===================
    x     y     z
===================
          0     1
    2     4     8
    8     8     8
   16    32    56
   32    16     8
   16    32    56
   56    64    80
  152   232   352
  144    48    32
...
From _Omar E. Pol_, Feb 28 2018: (Start)
Also, starting with 1, the sequence can be written as an irregular triangle in which the row lengths are the terms of A011782 multiplied by 3, as shown below:
   1,  2,  4;
   8,  8,  8;
   8, 16, 32, 56, 32, 16;
   8, 16, 32, 56, 56, 64, 80, 152, 232, 352, 144, 48;
  32, 24, 40, 56, 56, 64, 80, 152, 232, 352, 216, 168, 176, 272, 360, 496, 448, ...
(End)
If one starts rows with a(A176449(k) = 9*2^k-2), they are of the form A_k, B_k, A_k where A_k and B_k have 3*2^k elements and the first element of A_k is the first element of B_{k-1} and the largest of that (previous) row:
   k | a(9*2^k-2, ...) = A_k ; B_k ; A_k
  ---+-------------------------------------
     | a( 1 .. 6) = (1, 2, 4, 8, 8, 8)   (One might consider a row (8 ; 8 ; 8).)
   0 | a( 7, ...) = (8, 16, 32 ; 56, 32, 16 ; 8, 16, 32)
   1 | a(16, ...) = (56, 56, 64, 80, 152, 232 ; 352, 144, 48, 32, 24, 40 ;
     |               56, 56, 64, 80, 152, 232)
   2 | a(34, ...) = (352, 216, 168, 176, 272, 360, 496, 448, 536, 664, 1168, 1488 ;
     |               2000, 768, 304, 336, 264, 192, 112, 120, 128, 112, 168, 240 ;
     |               352, 216, 168, 176, 272, 360, 496, 448, 536, 664, 1168, 1488)
   3 | a(70, ...) = (2000, 984, ... ; 10576, 4304, ... ; 2000, 984, ...)
   4 | a(142, ...) = (10576, 5016, ... ; 54328, 24120, ...; 10576, 5016, ...)
  etc. - _M. F. Hasler_, Dec 11 2018

M. F. Hasler, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..500
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
Index entries for sequences related to toothpick sequences

Cf. A160160, A139250, A139251, A160120, A160121, A160171, A170875.

A160161_vec(n)=(n=A160160_vec(n))-concat(0,n[^-1]) \\ M. F. Hasler, Dec 11 2018

A160161_vec(n)={local(E=[Vecsmall([1,1,1])], s(U)=[Vecsmall(Vec(V)+U)|V<-E], J=[], M, A, B, U); [if(i>4,8*#E=setminus(setunion(A=s(U=matid(3)[i%3+1,]), B=select(vecmin,s(-U))), J=setunion(setunion(setintersect(A, B), E), J)),2^(i-1))|i<-[1..n]]} \\ Returns the vector a(1..n). (A160160 is actually given as partial sums of this sequence, rather than the converse.) - M. F. Hasler, Dec 12 2018

a(9*2^k - m) = a(6*2^k - m) for all k >= 0 and 2 <= m <= 3*2^(k-1) + 2. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 12 2018

Extended to 78 terms with C++ program by R. J. Mathar, Jan 09 2010

Edited and extended by M. F. Hasler, Dec 11 2018

A170884 In the toothpick structure of A160160, the number of nodes occupied after n steps, assuming that the toothpicks have length 2.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 3, 7, 15, 27, 39, 51, 67, 99, 155, 223, 263, 283, 299, 331, 387, 467, 555, 659, 811, 1067, 1443, 1831, 1995, 2059, 2083, 2123, 2179, 2259, 2347, 2451, 2603, 2859, 3235, 3659, 3955, 4211, 4483, 4899, 5451

Offset: 0

David Applegate, Omar E. Pol and N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 09 2010

nonn

See A170885 for the first differences.

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

Cf. A139250, A170885.

a(7)-a(39) from Nathaniel Johnston, Nov 13 2010

A160430 The 3-D toothpick sequence A160160, but using toothpicks of length 4; a(n) is the number of nodes occupied after n steps.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 5, 13, 29, 57, 85, 113, 145, 209, 329, 509, 613, 665, 697, 761, 881, 1073, 1273, 1505, 1817, 2377, 3217, 4309, 4761, 4921, 5009, 5097, 5233, 5425, 5625, 5857, 6169, 6729, 7569, 8697, 9425, 10017, 10641, 11601, 12873

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, May 13 2009

nonn

			Each toothpick looks like this: o-o-o-o-o.
The initial (z-axis) toothpick occupies 5 nodes. The next two, in the x-direction, add 8 further nodes, and so on.

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

Cf. A139250, A139251, A147562, A160118, A160120, A160160, A160170, A160379, A160420.

a(n) = A170884(n) + 2*A160160(n)

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 02 2010

Formula and more terms from Nathaniel Johnston, Nov 14 2010

A139250 Toothpick sequence (see Comments lines for definition).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 23, 35, 43, 47, 55, 67, 79, 95, 123, 155, 171, 175, 183, 195, 207, 223, 251, 283, 303, 319, 347, 383, 423, 483, 571, 651, 683, 687, 695, 707, 719, 735, 763, 795, 815, 831, 859, 895, 935, 995, 1083, 1163, 1199, 1215, 1243, 1279, 1319, 1379

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, Apr 24 2008

A toothpick is a copy of the closed interval [-1,1]. (In the paper, we take it to be a copy of the unit interval [-1/2, 1/2].)
We start at stage 0 with no toothpicks.
At stage 1 we place a toothpick in the vertical direction, anywhere in the plane.
In general, given a configuration of toothpicks in the plane, at the next stage we add as many toothpicks as possible, subject to certain conditions:
- Each new toothpick must lie in the horizontal or vertical directions.
- Two toothpicks may never cross.
- Each new toothpick must have its midpoint touching the endpoint of exactly one existing toothpick.
The sequence gives the number of toothpicks after n stages. A139251 (the first differences) gives the number added at the n-th stage.
Call the endpoint of a toothpick "exposed" if it does not touch any other toothpick. The growth rule may be expressed as follows: at each stage, new toothpicks are placed so their midpoints touch every exposed endpoint.
This is equivalent to a two-dimensional cellular automaton. The animations show the fractal-like behavior.
After 2^k - 1 steps, there are 2^k exposed endpoints, all located on two lines perpendicular to the initial toothpick. At the next step, 2^k toothpicks are placed on these lines, leaving only 4 exposed endpoints, located at the corners of a square with side length 2^(k-1) times the length of a toothpick. - M. F. Hasler, Apr 14 2009 and others. For proof, see the Applegate-Pol-Sloane paper.
If the third condition in the definition is changed to "- Each new toothpick must have at exactly one of its endpoints touching the midpoint of an existing toothpick" then the same sequence is obtained. The configurations of toothpicks are of course different from those in the present sequence. But if we start with the configurations of the present sequence, rotate each toothpick a quarter-turn, and then rotate the whole configuration a quarter-turn, we obtain the other configuration.
If the third condition in the definition is changed to "- Each new toothpick must have at least one of its endpoints touching the midpoint of an existing toothpick" then the sequence n^2 - n + 1 is obtained, because there are no holes left in the grid.
A "toothpick" of length 2 can be regarded as a polyedge with 2 components, both on the same line. At stage n, the toothpick structure is a polyedge with 2*a(n) components.
Conjecture: Consider the rectangles in the sieve (including the squares). The area of each rectangle (A = b*c) and the edges (b and c) are powers of 2, but at least one of the edges (b or c) is <= 2.
In the toothpick structure, if n >> 1, we can see some patterns that look like "canals" and "diffraction patterns". For example, see the Applegate link "A139250: the movie version", then enter n=1008 and click "Update". See also "T-square (fractal)" in the Links section. - Omar E. Pol, May 19 2009, Oct 01 2011
From Benoit Jubin, May 20 2009: The web page "Gallery" of Chris Moore (see link) has some nice pictures that are somewhat similar to the pictures of the present sequence. What sequences do they correspond to?
For a connection to Sierpiński triangle and Gould's sequence A001316, see the leftist toothpick triangle A151566.
Eric Rowland comments on Mar 15 2010 that this toothpick structure can be represented as a 5-state CA on the square grid. On Mar 18 2010, David Applegate showed that three states are enough. See links.
Equals row sums of triangle A160570 starting with offset 1; equivalent to convolving A160552: (1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 5, 7, ...) with (1, 2, 2, 2, ...). Equals A160762: (1, 0, 2, -2, 2, 2, 2, -6, ...) convolved with 2*n - 1: (1, 3, 5, 7, ...). Starting with offset 1 equals A151548: [1, 3, 5, 7, 5, 11, 17, 15, ...] convolved with A078008 signed (A151575): [1, 0, 2, -2, 6, -10, 22, -42, 86, -170, 342, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, May 19 2009, May 25 2009
For a three-dimensional version of the toothpick structure, see A160160. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 06 2009
From Omar E. Pol, May 20 2010: (Start)
Observation about the arrangement of rectangles:
It appears there is a nice pattern formed by distinct modular substructures: a central cross surrounded by asymmetrical crosses (or "hidden crosses") of distinct sizes and also by "nuclei" of crosses.
Conjectures: after 2^k stages, for k >= 2, and for m = 1 to k - 1, there are 4^(m-1) substructures of size s = k - m, where every substructure has 4*s rectangles. The total number of substructures is equal to (4^(k-1)-1)/3 = A002450(k-1). For example: If k = 5 (after 32 stages) we can see that:
a) There is a central cross, of size 4, with 16 rectangles.
b) There are four hidden crosses, of size 3, where every cross has 12 rectangles.
c) There are 16 hidden crosses, of size 2, where every cross has 8 rectangles.
d) There are 64 nuclei of crosses, of size 1, where every nucleus has 4 rectangles.
Hence the total number of substructures after 32 stages is equal to 85. Note that in every arm of every substructure, in the potential growth direction, the length of the rectangles are the powers of 2. (See illustrations in the links. See also A160124.) (End)
It appears that the number of grid points that are covered after n-th stage of the toothpick structure, assuming the toothpicks have length 2*k, is equal to (2*k-2)*a(n) + A147614(n), k > 0. See the formulas of A160420 and A160422. - Omar E. Pol, Nov 13 2010
Version "Gullwing": on the semi-infinite square grid, at stage 1, we place a horizontal "gull" with its vertices at [(-1, 2), (0, 1), (1, 2)]. At stage 2, we place two vertical gulls. At stage 3, we place four horizontal gulls. a(n) is also the number of gulls after n-th stage. For more information about the growth of gulls see A187220. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 10 2011
From Omar E. Pol, Mar 12 2011: (Start)
Version "I-toothpick": we define an "I-toothpick" to consist of two connected toothpicks, as a bar of length 2. An I-toothpick with length 2 is formed by two toothpicks with length 1. The midpoint of an I-toothpick is touched by its two toothpicks. a(n) is also the number of I-toothpicks after n-th stage in the I-toothpick structure. The I-toothpick structure is essentially the original toothpick structure in which every toothpick is replaced by an I-toothpick. Note that in the physical model of the original toothpick structure the midpoint of a wooden toothpick of the new generation is superimposed on the endpoint of a wooden toothpick of the old generation. However, in the physical model of the I-toothpick structure the wooden toothpicks are not overlapping because all wooden toothpicks are connected by their endpoints. For the number of toothpicks in the I-toothpick structure see A160164 which also gives the number of gullwing in a gullwing structure because the gullwing structure of A160164 is equivalent to the I-toothpick structure. It also appears that the gullwing sequence A187220 is a supersequence of the original toothpick sequence A139250 (this sequence).
For the connection with the Ulam-Warburton cellular automaton see the Applegate-Pol-Sloane paper and see also A160164 and A187220.
(End)
A version in which the toothpicks are connected by their endpoints: on the semi-infinite square grid, at stage 1, we place a vertical toothpick of length 1 from (0, 0). At stage 2, we place two horizontal toothpicks from (0,1), and so on. The arrangement looks like half of the I-toothpick structure. a(n) is also the number of toothpicks after the n-th. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 13 2011
Version "Quarter-circle" (or Q-toothpick): a(n) is also the number of Q-toothpicks after the n-th stage in a Q-toothpick structure in the first quadrant. We start from (0,1) with the first Q-toothpick centered at (1, 1). The structure is asymmetric. For a similar structure but starting from (0, 0) see A187212. See A187210 and A187220 for more information. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 22 2011
Version "Tree": It appears that a(n) is also the number of toothpicks after the n-th stage in a toothpick structure constructed following a special rule: the toothpicks of the new generation have length 4 when they are placed on the infinite square grid (note that every toothpick has four components of length 1), but after every stage, one (or two) of the four components of every toothpick of the new generation is removed, if such component contains an endpoint of the toothpick and if such endpoint is touching the midpoint or the endpoint of another toothpick. The truncated endpoints of the toothpicks remain exposed forever. Note that there are three sizes of toothpicks in the structure: toothpicks of lengths 4, 3 and 2. A159795 gives the total number of components in the structure after the n-th stage. A153006 (the corner sequence of the original version) gives 1/4 of the total of components in the structure after the n-th stage. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 24 2011
From Omar E. Pol, Sep 16 2012: (Start)
It appears that a(n)/A147614(n) converges to 3/4.
It appears that a(n)/A160124(n) converges to 3/2.
It appears that a(n)/A139252(n) converges to 3.
Also:
It appears that A147614(n)/A160124(n) converges to 2.
It appears that A160124(n)/A139252(n) converges to 2.
It appears that A147614(n)/A139252(n) converges to 4.
(End)
It appears that a(n) is also the total number of ON cells after n-th stage in a quadrant of the structure of the cellular automaton described in A169707 plus the total number of ON cells after n+1 stages in a quadrant of the mentioned structure, without its central cell. See the illustration of the NW-NE-SE-SW version in A169707. See also the connection between A160164 and A169707. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 26 2015
On the infinite Cairo pentagonal tiling consider the symmetric figure formed by two non-adjacent pentagons connected by a line segment joining two trivalent nodes. At stage 1 we start with one of these figures turned ON. The rule for the next stages is that the concave part of the figures of the new generation must be adjacent to the complementary convex part of the figures of the old generation. a(n) gives the number of figures that are ON in the structure after n-th stage. A160164(n) gives the number of ON cells in the structure after n-th stage. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 29 2018
From Omar E. Pol, Mar 06 2019: (Start)
The "word" of this sequence is "ab". For further information about the word of cellular automata see A296612.
Version "triangular grid": a(n) is also the total number of toothpicks of length 2 after n-th stage in the toothpick structure on the infinite triangular grid, if we use only two of the three axes. Otherwise, if we use the three axes, so we have the sequence A296510 which has word "abc".
The normal toothpick structure can be considered a superstructure of the Ulam-Warburton celular automaton since A147562(n) equals here the total number of "hidden crosses" after 4*n stages, including the central cross (beginning to count the crosses when their "nuclei" are totally formed with 4 quadrilaterals). Note that every quadrilateral in the structure belongs to a "hidden cross".
Also, the number of "hidden crosses" after n stages equals the total number of "flowers with six petals" after n-th stage in the structure of A323650, which appears to be a "missing link" between this sequence and A147562.
Note that the location of the "nuclei of the hidden crosses" is very similar (essentially the same) to the location of the "flowers with six petals" in the structure of A323650 and to the location of the "ON" cells in the version "one-step bishop" of the Ulam-Warburton cellular automaton of A147562. (End)
From Omar E. Pol, Nov 27 2020: (Start)
The simplest substructures are the arms of the hidden crosses. Each closed region (square or rectangle) of the structure belongs to one of these arms. The narrow arms have regions of area 1, 2, 4, 8, ... The broad arms have regions of area 2, 4, 8, 16 , ... Note that after 2^k stages, with k >= 3, the narrow arms of the main hidden crosses in each quadrant frame the size of the toothpick structure after 2^(k-1) stages.
Another kind of substructure could be called "bar chart" or "bar graph". This substructure is formed by the rectangles and squares of width 2 that are adjacent to any of the four sides of the toothpick structure after 2^k stages, with k >= 2. The height of these successive regions gives the first 2^(k-1) - 1 terms from A006519. For example: if k = 5 the respective heights after 32 stages are [1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 8, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1]. The area of these successive regions gives the first 2^(k-1) - 1 terms of A171977. For example: if k = 5 the respective areas are [2, 4, 2, 8, 2, 4, 2, 16, 2, 4, 2, 8, 2, 4, 2].
For a connection to Mersenne primes (A000668) and perfect numbers (A000396) see A153006.
For a representation of the Wagstaff primes (A000979) using the toothpick structure see A194810.
For a connection to stained glass windows and a hidden curve see A336532. (End)
It appears that the graph of a(n) bears a striking resemblance to the cumulative distribution function F(x) for X the random variable taking values in [0,1], where the binary expansion of X is given by a sequence of independent coin tosses with probability 3/4 of being 1 at each bit. It appears that F(n/2^k)*(2^(2k+1)+1)/3 approaches a(n) for k large. - James Coe, Jan 10 2022

			a(10^10) = 52010594272060810683. - _David A. Corneth_, Mar 26 2015

D. 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
L. D. Pryor, The Inheritance of Inflorescence Characters in Eucalyptus, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, V. 79, (1954), p. 81, 83.
Richard P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, volume 1, second edition, chapter 1, exercise 95, figure 1.28, Cambridge University Press (2012), p. 120, 166.

N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..65535
AlgoMotion, Toothpick Sequence Visualized with Circle of Fifths Harmony | 256 Steps, Youtube video (2024).
David Applegate, The movie version
David Applegate, Animation of first 32 stages
David Applegate, Animation of first 64 stages
David Applegate, Animation of first 128 stages
David Applegate, Animation of first 256 stages
David Applegate, C++ program to generate these animations - creates postscript for a specific n
David Applegate, Generates many postscripts, converts them to gifs, and glues the gifs together into an animation
David Applegate, Generates b-files for A139250, A139251, A147614
David Applegate, The b-files for A139250, A139251, A147614 side-by-side
David Applegate, A three-state CA for the toothpick structure
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.], which is also available at arXiv:1004.3036v2
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Barry Cipra, What comes next?, Science (AAAS) 327: 943.
Steven R. Finch, Toothpicks and Live Cells, July 21, 2015. [Cached copy, with permission of the author]
Ulrich Gehmann, Martin Reiche, World mountain machine, Berlin, (2014), first edition, p. 205, 238, 253.
Mats Granvik, Additional illustration: Number blocks where each number tells how many times a point on the square grid is crossed or connected to by a toothpick, Jun 21 2009.
Gordon Hamilton, Three integer sequences from recreational mathematics, Video (2013?).
J. K. Hamilton, I. R. Hooper, and C. R. Lawrence, Exploring microwave absorption by non-periodic metasurfaces, Advanced Electromagnetics, 10(3), 1-6 (2021).
M. F. Hasler, Illustration of initial terms
M. F. Hasler, Illustrations (Three slides)
Brian Hayes, Joshua Trees and Toothpicks
Brian Hayes, Idealized Joshua tree, a figure from "Joshua Trees and Toothpicks" (see preceding link)
Brian Hayes, The Toothpick Sequence - Bit-Player
Benoit Jubin, Illustration of initial terms
Mathemaesthetics, 2'796'203 Toothpicks, 2'048 Generations, Youtube video (2021).
Ayliean McDonald, Toothpick fractal and breaking rules, Youtube video (2021)
Chris Moore, Gallery, see the section on David Griffeath's Cellular Automata.
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of initial terms
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of initial terms using "gulls" (or G-toothpicks)
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of initial terms using quarter-circles (or Q-toothpicks)
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of the toothpick structure (after 23 steps)
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of patterns in the toothpick structure (after 32 steps)
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of patterns in the toothpick structure (after 32 steps) [Cached copy, with permission]
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of initial terms of A139250, A160120, A147562 (Overlapping figures)
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of initial terms of A160120, A161206, A161328, A161330 (triangular grid and toothpick structure)
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of the substructures in the first quadrant (As pieces of a puzzle), after 32 stages
Omar E. Pol, Illustration of the potential growth direction of the arms of the substructures, after 32 stages
Olbaid Fractalium, Toothpick sequence Part 1, (Watch from minute 0:00 until 3:13), Youtube video (2023).
Programing Puzzles & Code Golf Stack Exchange, Generate toothpick sequence
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K. Ryde, ToothpickTree.
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Lu Wang, Minecraft Toothpicks N = 53
Wikipedia, Cairo pentagonal tiling
Wikipedia, H tree
Wikipedia, Toothpick sequence
Wikipedia, T-square (fractal)
Index entries for sequences related to toothpick sequences
Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata

Cf. A000079, A002450, A006519, A139251, A139252, A139253, A147614, A139560, A152968, A152978, A152980, A152998, A153000, A153001, A153003, A153004, A153006, A153007, A000217, A007583, A007683, A000396, A000225, A000668, A006516, A006095, A019988, A160570, A160552, A000969, A001316, A151566, A160406, A160408, A160702, A078008, A151548, A001045, A147562, A160124, A160120, A160160, A160170, A160172, A161206, A161328, A161330, A171977, A194810, A296510, A296612, A299476, A299478, A323650, A336532.

G := (x/((1-x)*(1+2*x))) * (1 + 2*x*mul(1+x^(2^k-1)+2*x^(2^k),k=0..20)); # N. J. A. Sloane, May 20 2009, Jun 05 2009
# From N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 25 2009: A139250 is T, A139251 is a.
a:=[0,1,2,4]; T:=[0,1,3,7]; M:=10;
for k from 1 to M do
a:=[op(a),2^(k+1)];
T:=[op(T),T[nops(T)]+a[nops(a)]];
for j from 1 to 2^(k+1)-1 do
a:=[op(a), 2*a[j+1]+a[j+2]];
T:=[op(T),T[nops(T)]+a[nops(a)]];
od: od: a; T;

CoefficientList[ Series[ (x/((1 - x)*(1 + 2x))) (1 + 2x*Product[1 + x^(2^k - 1) + 2*x^(2^k), {k, 0, 20}]), {x, 0, 53}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 06 2010 *)
a[0] = 0; a[n_] := a[n] = Module[{m, k}, m = 2^(Length[IntegerDigits[n, 2]] - 1); k = (2m^2+1)/3; If[n == m, k, k + 2 a[n - m] + a[n - m + 1] - 1]]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 100}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 06 2018, after David A. Corneth *)

A139250(n,print_all=0)={my(p=[], /* set of "used" points. Points are written as complex numbers, c=x+iy. Toothpicks are of length 2 */
ee=[[0,1]], /* list of (exposed) endpoints. Exposed endpoints are listed as [c,d] where c=x+iy is the position of the endpoint, and d (unimodular) is the direction */
c,d,ne, cnt=1); print_all && print1("0,1"); n<2 && return(n);
for(i=2,n, p=setunion(p, Set(Mat(ee~)[,1])); /* add endpoints (discard directions) from last move to "used" points */
ne=[]; /* new (exposed) endpoints */
for( k=1, #ee, /* add endpoints of new toothpicks if not among the used points */
setsearch(p, c=ee[k][1]+d=ee[k][2]*I) || ne=setunion(ne,Set([[c,d]]));
setsearch(p, c-2*d) || ne=setunion(ne,Set([[c-2*d,-d]]));
); /* using Set() we have the points sorted, so it's easy to remove those which finally are not exposed because they touch a new toothpick */
forstep( k=#ee=eval(ne), 2, -1, ee[k][1]==ee[k-1][1] && k-- && ee=vecextract(ee,Str("^"k"..",k+1)));
cnt+=#ee; /* each exposed endpoint will give a new toothpick */
print_all && print1(","cnt));cnt} \\ M. F. Hasler, Apr 14 2009

\\works for n > 0
a(n) = {my(k = (2*msb(n)^2 + 1) / 3); if(n==msb(n),k , k + 2*a(n-msb(n)) + a(n - msb(n) + 1) - 1)}
msb(n)=my(t=0);while(n>>t>0,t++);2^(t-1)\\ David A. Corneth, Mar 26 2015

def msb(n):
    t = 0
    while n>>t > 0:
        t += 1
    return 2**(t - 1)
def a(n):
    k = (2 * msb(n)**2 + 1) / 3
    return 0 if n == 0 else k if n == msb(n) else k + 2*a(n - msb(n)) + a(n - msb(n) + 1) - 1
[a(n) for n in range(101)]  # Indranil Ghosh, Jul 01 2017, after David A. Corneth's PARI script

a(2^k) = A007583(k), if k >= 0.
a(2^k-1) = A006095(k+1), if k >= 1.
a(A000225(k)) - a((A000225(k)-1)/2) = A006516(k), if k >= 1.
a(A000668(k)) - a((A000668(k)-1)/2) = A000396(k), if k >= 1.
G.f.: (x/((1-x)*(1+2*x))) * (1 + 2*x*Product_{k>=0} (1 + x^(2^k-1) + 2*x^(2^k))). - N. J. A. Sloane, May 20 2009, Jun 05 2009
One can show that lim sup a(n)/n^2 = 2/3, and it appears that lim inf a(n)/n^2 is 0.451... - Benoit Jubin, Apr 15 2009 and Jan 29 2010, N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 29 2010
Observation: a(n) == 3 (mod 4) for n >= 2. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Feb 05 2009
a(2^k-1) = A000969(2^k-2), if k >= 1. - Omar E. Pol, Feb 13 2010
It appears that a(n) = (A187220(n+1) - 1)/2. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 08 2011
a(n) = 4*A153000(n-2) + 3, if n >= 2. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 01 2011
It appears that a(n) = A160552(n) + (A169707(n) - 1)/2, n >= 1. - Omar E. Pol, Feb 15 2015
It appears that a(n) = A255747(n) + A255747(n-1), n >= 1. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 16 2015
Let n = msb(n) + j where msb(n) = A053644(n) and let a(0) = 0. Then a(n) = (2 * msb(n)^2 + 1)/3 + 2 * a(j) + a(j+1) - 1. - David A. Corneth, Mar 26 2015
It appears that a(n) = (A169707(n) - 1)/4 + (A169707(n+1) - 1)/4, n >= 1. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 24 2015

Verified and extended, a(49)-a(53), using the given PARI code by M. F. Hasler, Apr 14 2009
Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 29 2009, incorporating comments from Omar E. Pol, M. F. Hasler, Rob Pratt, Jaume Oliver Lafont, Franklin T. Adams-Watters, R. J. Mathar, David W. Wilson, David Applegate, Benoit Jubin and others.
Further edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 28 2010

A296612 Square array read by antidiagonals upwards: T(n,k) equals k times the number of compositions (ordered partitions) of n, with n >= 0 and k >= 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 8, 8, 6, 4, 5, 16, 16, 12, 8, 5, 6, 32, 32, 24, 16, 10, 6, 7, 64, 64, 48, 32, 20, 12, 7, 8, 128, 128, 96, 64, 40, 24, 14, 8, 9, 256, 256, 192, 128, 80, 48, 28, 16, 9, 10, 512, 512, 384, 256, 160, 96, 56, 32, 18, 10, 11, 1024, 1024, 768, 512, 320, 192, 112, 64, 36, 20, 11, 12

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, Jan 04 2018

Also, at least for the first five columns, column k gives the row lengths of the irregular triangles of the first differences of the total number of elements in the structure of some cellular automata. Indeed, the study of the structure and the behavior of the toothpick cellular automaton on triangular grid (A296510), and other C.A. of the same family, reveals that some cellular automata that have recurrent periods can be represented by irregular triangles (of first differences) whose row lengths are the terms of A011782 multiplied by k (instead of powers of 2), where k is the length of an internal cycle. This internal cycle is called here "word" of a cellular automaton (see examples).

			The corner of the square array begins:
    1,   2,   3,    4,    5,    6,    7,    8,    9,   10, ...
    1,   2,   3,    4,    5,    6,    7,    8,    9,   10, ...
    2,   4,   6,    8,   10,   12,   14,   16,   18,   20, ...
    4,   8,  12,   16,   20,   24,   28,   32,   36,   40, ...
    8,  16,  24,   32,   40,   48,   56,   64,   72,   80, ...
   16,  32,  48,   64,   80,   96,  112,  128,  144,  160, ...
   32,  64,  96,  128,  160,  192,  224,  256,  288,  320, ...
   64, 128, 192,  256,  320,  384,  448,  512,  576,  640, ...
  128, 256, 384,  512,  640,  768,  896, 1024, 1152, 1280, ...
  256, 512, 768, 1024, 1280, 1536, 1792, 2048, 2304, 2560, ...
...
For k = 1 consider A160120, the Y-toothpick cellular automaton, which has word "a", so the structure of the irregular triangle of the first differences (A160161) is as follows:
a;
a;
a,a;
a,a,a,a;
a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a;
...
An associated sound to the animation of this cellular automaton could be (tick), (tick), (tick), ...
The row lengths of the above triangle are the terms of A011782, equaling the column 1 of the square array: 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, ...
.
For k = 2 consider A139250, the normal toothpick C.A. which has word "ab", so the structure of the irregular triangle of the first differences (A139251) is as follows:
a,b;
a,b;
a,b,a,b;
a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b;
a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b;
...
An associated sound to the animation could be (tick, tock), (tick, tock), ..., the same as the ticking clock sound.
The row lengths of the above triangle are the terms of A011782 multiplied by 2, equaling the column 2 of the square array: 2, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...
.
For k = 3 consider A296510, the toothpicks C.A. on triangular grid, which has word "abc", so the structure of the irregular triangle of the first differences (A296511) is as follows:
a,b,c;
a,b,c;
a,b,c,a,b,c;
a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c;
a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c;
...
An associated sound to the animation could be (tick, tock, tack), (tick, tock, tack), ...
The row lengths of the above triangle are the terms of A011782 multiplied by 3, equaling the column 3 of the square array: 3, 3, 6, 12, 24, ...
.
For k = 4 consider A299476, the toothpick C.A. on triangular grid with word "abcb", so the structure of the irregular triangle of the first differences (A299477) is as follows:
a,b,c,b;
a,b,c,b;
a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b;
a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b;
a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b,a,b,c,b;
...
An associated sound to the animation could be (tick, tock, tack, tock), (tick, tock, tack, tock), ...
The row lengths of the above triangle are the terms of A011782 multiplied by 4, equaling the column 4 of the square array: 4, 4, 8, 16, 32, ...
.
For k = 5 consider A299478, the toothpick C.A. on triangular grid with word "abcbc", so the structure of the irregular triangle of the first differences (A299479) is as follows:
a,b,c,b,c;
a,b,c,b,c;
a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c;
a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c;
a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c,a,b,c,b,c;
...
An associated sound to the animation could be (tick, tock, tack, tock, tack), (tick, tock, tack, tock, tack), ...
The row lengths of the above triangle are the terms of A011782 multiplied by 5, equaling the column 5 of the square array: 5, 5, 10, 20, 40, ...

Thomas Grubb and Frederick Rajasekaran, Set Partition Patterns and the Dimension Index, arXiv:2009.00650 [math.CO], 2020. Mentions this sequence.
N. J. A. Sloane, Catalog of Toothpick and Cellular Automata Sequences in the OEIS
Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata
Index entries for sequences related to toothpick sequences

Cf. A011782, A147562, A147582, A139250, A139251, A160160, A160161, A296510, A296511, A296610, A296611, A299476, A299477, A299478, A299479.

T(n,k) = k*A011782(n), with n >= 0 and k >= 1.

A160172 T-toothpick sequence (see Comments lines for definition).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 4, 9, 18, 27, 36, 49, 74, 95, 104, 117, 142, 167, 192, 229, 302, 359, 368, 381, 406, 431, 456, 493, 566, 627, 652, 689, 762, 835, 908, 1017, 1234, 1399, 1408, 1421, 1446, 1471, 1496, 1533, 1606, 1667, 1692, 1729, 1802, 1875, 1948, 2057, 2274, 2443, 2468

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, Jun 01 2009

A T-toothpick is formed from three toothpicks of equal length, in the shape of a T. There are three endpoints. We call the middle of the top toothpick the pivot point.
We start at round 0 with no T-toothpicks.
At round 1 we place a T-toothpick anywhere in the plane.
At round 2 we place three other T-toothpicks.
And so on...
The rule for adding a new T-toothpick is the following. A new T-toothpick is added at any exposed endpoint, with the pivot point touching the endpoint and so that the crossbar of the new toothpick is perpendicular to the exposed end.
The sequence gives the number of T-toothpicks after n rounds. A160173 (the first differences) gives the number added at the n-th round.
See the entry A139250 for more information about the toothpick process and the toothpick propagation.
On the infinite square grid a T-toothpick can be represented as a square polyedge with three components from a central point: two consecutive components on the same straight-line and a centered orthogonal component.
If the T-toothpick has three components then at the n-th round the structure is a polyedge with 3*a(n) components.
From Omar E. Pol, Mar 26 2011: (Start)
For formula and more information see the Applegate-Pol-Sloane paper, chapter 11, "T-shaped toothpicks". See also A160173.
Also, this sequence can be illustrated using another structure in which every T-toothpick is replaced by an isosceles right triangle. (End)
The structure is very distinct but the graph is similar to the graphs from the following sequences: A147562, A160164, A162795, A169707, A187220, A255366, A256260, at least for the known terms from Data section. - Omar E. Pol, Nov 24 2015
Shares with A255366 some terms with the same index, for example the element a(43) = 1729, the Hardy-Ramanujan number. - Omar E. Pol, Nov 25 2015

David Applegate, The movie version
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

Cf. A139250, A139251, A147562, A160120, A160160, A160164, A160170, A160173, A160406, A160408, A160426, A160800, A162795, A169707, A187220, A255366, A256260.

wt[n_] := DigitCount[n, 2, 1];
A151920[n_] := Sum[3^wt[i], {i, 1, n + 1}]/3;
a[n_] := 2*A151920[n - 2] + 2*A151920[n - 3] + n;
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 50}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 21 2024, after Charlie Neder *)

a(n) = 2*A151920(n) + 2*A151920(n-1) + n + 1. - Charlie Neder, Feb 07 2019

Edited and extended by N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 01 2010

A160170 X-toothpick sequence on Z^3 lattice (see Comments for precise definition).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 5, 13, 21, 45, 77, 109, 165, 245, 325, 413, 525, 685, 853, 1093, 1317, 1661, 1981, 2301, 2645, 3093, 3621, 4157, 4861, 5565, 6437, 7173, 8053, 8893, 9917, 11005, 12261, 13589, 14981, 16397, 17837, 19341, 20997

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, May 03 2009

nonn

Here a "X-toothpick" is defined to be a cross with 4 endpoints and a midpoint. Also, a X-toothpick can be represented by set of four connected toothpicks forming a cross.
We start at stage 0 on the Z^3 lattice with no X-toothpicks.
At stage 1 place a X-toothpick.
Rule: each exposed endpoint of the X-toothpicks of the old generation must be touched by the midpoint of a X-toothpick of new generation (see illustrations).
The sequence gives the number of X-toothpicks in the three-dimensional structure after n-th stage. A170171 (the first differences) gives the number of X-toothpicks added at n-th stage.
For a similar sequence but starting with a single toothpick see A170876.
For the X-toothpick sequence on Z^2 lattice see A147562, the Ulam-Warburton cellular automaton.
For more information about the growth of toothpicks see A139250.

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.],
R. J. Mathar, C++ program
R. J. Mathar, Views after stages 1 to 10 (PDF)
Olbaid Fractalium, Toothpick sequence Part 1, (Watch from minute 3:14), Youtube video (2023).
N. J. A. Sloane, Catalog of Toothpick and Cellular Automata Sequences in the OEIS
Index entries for sequences related to toothpick sequences

Cf. A139250, A160120, A160160, A160171, A170876.

Cf. A147562. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 28 2011

C++ program, illustrations and more terms (a(6)-a(38)) based on Email from R. J. Mathar dated Jan 10 2010.

A296510 Toothpick sequence on triangular grid (see Comments lines for definition).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 3, 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 41, 57, 77, 93, 103, 109, 119, 135, 159, 187, 219, 247, 279, 319, 369, 409, 431, 439, 449, 465, 489, 517, 549, 581, 621, 677, 751, 827, 891, 933, 969, 1009, 1071, 1147, 1237, 1317, 1405, 1507, 1629, 1725, 1775, 1789, 1799, 1815, 1839, 1867, 1899, 1931, 1971, 2027, 2101, 2177, 2241

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, Dec 14 2017

We use toothpicks of length 2, the same as the toothpick cellular automaton of A139250, but here we are on triangular grid, hence we have three axes, not two.
The Toothpicks are alternately arranged on the three axes in a rotating cycle.
a(n) gives the number of toothpicks in the structure after n-th stage.
A296511 (the first differences) gives the number of toothpicks added at n-th stage.
The structure reveals that some cellular automata that have recurrent periods can be represented by irregular triangles of first differences whose row lengths are the terms of A011782 multiplied by k (instead of powers of 2), where k is the length of their "word". In this case the word should be "abc", therefore k = 3. In the case of the cellular automaton with normal toothpicks (A139250) the word should be "ab", therefore k = 2.
For more information about the "word" of a cellular automaton see A296612.
Note that due to the unusual orientation of the polygons that are located on the edges of the structure, the image of this cellular automaton resembles the photo of an object that is rotating.
Note that between other polygons the structure contains the same "petals" as the floret pentagonal tiling.
Apparently the graph could be similar to the graph of A151907.

			After 49 stages in every 60-degree wedge of the mentioned dodecagon we can see six kind of closed regions as shown below:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Polygon                    Sides's length  Perimeter   Area  Quantity  Total area
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Triangle                   [1,1,1]             3         1     100        100
Rhombus (diamond)          [2,2,2,2]           8         8       5         40
Trapeze                    [1,2,3,2]           8         8      35        280
Irregular pentagon (petal) [1,1,1,2,2]         7         7      58        406
Irregular pentagon         [1,1,3,2,4]        11        15       1         15
Hexagon                    [1,1,1,1,1,1]       6         6      20        120
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subtotal per wedge                                             219        961
.
Then we have:
Subtotal of the six wedges                                    1308       5766
Shared triangle            [1,1,1]             3         1       2          2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total of the structure after 49 stages                        1306       5764

N. J. A. Sloane, Catalog of Toothpick and Cellular Automata Sequences in the OEIS
The Poly Pages, Polyiamonds
Rémy Sigrist, Illustration of the construction at generation 3*256
Wikipedia, Floret pentagonal tiling
Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata
Index entries for sequences related to toothpick sequences

Cf. A151907, A160160, A296511 (first differences), A296612.

Cf. A160120 (word "a"), A139250 (word "ab"), A299476 (word "abcb"), A299478 (word "abcbc").

A160379 Number of ON cells at n-th stage of three-dimensional version of the cellular automaton A160117 using cubes.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 27, 35, 235, 261, 881, 937, 2241, 2339, 4591, 4743, 8207, 8425, 13365, 13661, 20341, 20727, 29411, 29899, 40851, 41453, 54937, 55665, 71945, 72811, 92151, 93167, 115831, 117009, 143261, 144613, 174717, 176255, 210475, 212211, 250811, 252757, 296001

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, May 11 2009

Each cell has 26 neighbors.

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
Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,3,-3,-3,3,1,-1).

Cf. A139250, A139251, A160117, A160118, A116119, A160160.

a(2n) = 46n^3 - 57n^2 + 57n - 19 for n>=1, a(2n+1) = 46n^3 - 51n^2 + 57n - 17 for n>=1. [Nathaniel Johnston, Nov 06 2010]

G.f.: x*(18*x^3+x^2+26*x+1)*(x^4+4*x^2+1) / ((x-1)^4*(x+1)^3). - Colin Barker, Feb 28 2013

Edited by Omar E. Pol, Sep 05 2009
a(6) - a(27) from Nathaniel Johnston, Nov 06 2010
a(28) - a(38) from Colin Barker, Feb 28 2013

A160408 Toothpick pyramid (see Comments lines for definition).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 48, 64, 72, 76, 80, 88

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, May 23 2009, Jun 06 2009

The toothpick pyramid is a three-dimensional version of the toothpick triangle A160406.
The sequence gives the number of toothpicks after n rounds. A160409 (the first differences) gives the number added at the n-th round.
See also the entry A139250 for more information about the toothpick sequences.

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

Cf. A139250, A139251, A160160, A160406, A160407, A160409.

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A160161 First differences of the 3D toothpick numbers A160160.

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A170884 In the toothpick structure of A160160, the number of nodes occupied after n steps, assuming that the toothpicks have length 2.

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A160430 The 3-D toothpick sequence A160160, but using toothpicks of length 4; a(n) is the number of nodes occupied after n steps.

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A139250 Toothpick sequence (see Comments lines for definition).

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A296612 Square array read by antidiagonals upwards: T(n,k) equals k times the number of compositions (ordered partitions) of n, with n >= 0 and k >= 1.

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A160172 T-toothpick sequence (see Comments lines for definition).

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A160170 X-toothpick sequence on Z^3 lattice (see Comments for precise definition).

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