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%I A182632 #53 Feb 21 2023 17:46:29 %S A182632 0,3,9,21,33,45,69,105,129,141,165,213,273,321,381,465,513,525,549, %T A182632 597,657,717,801,933,1065,1137,1197,1317,1485,1629,1785,1977,2073, %U A182632 2085,2109,2157,2217,2277,2361,2493,2625,2709,2793,2949,3177,3405,3633 %N A182632 Toothpick sequence on the hexagonal net starting from a node. %C A182632 A connected network of toothpicks is constructed by the following iterative procedure. At stage 1, place three toothpicks each of length 1 on a hexagonal net, as a propeller, joined at a node. At each subsequent stage, add two toothpicks (which could be called a single V-toothpick with a 120-degree corner) adjacent to each node which is the endpoint of a single toothpick. %C A182632 The exposed endpoints of the toothpicks of the old generation are touched by the endpoints of the toothpicks of the new generation. In the graph, the edges of the hexagons become edges of the graph, and the graph grows such that the nodes that were 1-connected in the old generation are 3-connected in the new generation. %C A182632 It turns out heuristically that this growth does not show frustration, i.e., a free edge is never claimed by two adjacent exposed endpoints at the same stage; the rule of growing the network does apparently not need specifications to address such cases. %C A182632 The sequence gives the number of toothpicks in the toothpick structure after n-th stage. A182633 (the first differences) gives the number of toothpicks added at n-th stage. %C A182632 a(n) is also the number of components after n-th stage in a toothpick structure starting with a single Y-toothpick in stage 1 and adding only V-toothpicks in stages >= 2. For example: consider that in A161644 a V-toothpick is also a polytoothpick with two components or toothpicks and a Y-toothpick is also a polytoothpick with three components or toothpicks. For more information about this comment see A161206, A160120 and A161644. %C A182632 Has a behavior similar to A151723, A182840. - _Omar E. Pol_, Mar 07 2013 %C A182632 From _Omar E. Pol_, Feb 17 2023: (Start) %C A182632 Assume that every triangular cell has area 1. %C A182632 It appears that the structure contains only three types of polygons: %C A182632 - Regular hexagons of area 6. %C A182632 - Concave decagons (or concave 10-gons) of area 12. %C A182632 - Concave dodecagons (or concave 12-gons) of area 18. %C A182632 There are infinitely many of these polygons. %C A182632 The structure contains concentric hexagonal rings formed by hexagons and also contains concentric hexagonal rings formed by alternating decagons and dodecagons. %C A182632 The structure has internal growth. %C A182632 For an animation see the movie version in the Links section. %C A182632 The animation shows the fractal-like behavior the same as in other members of the family of toothpick cellular automata. %C A182632 For another version starting with a simple toothpick see A182840. %C A182632 For a version of the structure in the first quadrant but on the square grid see A182838. (End) %H A182632 David Applegate, <a href="/A139250/a139250.anim.html">The movie version</a> %H A182632 David Applegate, Omar E. Pol and N. J. A. Sloane, <a href="/A000695/a000695_1.pdf">The Toothpick Sequence and Other Sequences from Cellular Automata</a>, 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.] %H A182632 N. J. A. Sloane, <a href="/wiki/Catalog_of_Toothpick_and_CA_Sequences_in_OEIS">Catalog of Toothpick and Cellular Automata Sequences in the OEIS</a> %H A182632 <a href="/index/To#toothpick">Index entries for sequences related to toothpick sequences</a> %H A182632 <a href="/index/Ce#cell">Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata</a> %F A182632 a(n) = 3*A182634(n). %F A182632 a(n) = 1 + 2*A161644(n), n >= 1. - _Omar E. Pol_, Mar 07 2013 %e A182632 a(0)=0. At stage 1 we place 3 toothpicks connected to the initial grid point of the structure. Note that there are 3 exposed endpoints. At stage 2 we place 6 toothpicks, so a(2)=3+6=9, etc. %Y A182632 Cf. A139250, A160120, A161206, A161644, A182617, A182633, A182634, A182836, A182838, A182840. %K A182632 nonn %O A182632 0,2 %A A182632 _Omar E. Pol_, Dec 07 2010