A211020 Number of circles in the structure of A211000 after n-th stage.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8

Offset: 0

Author

Omar E. Pol, Mar 30 2012

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

For n >= 13 the structure looks like essentially a column of tangent circles of radius 1. The circles are centered on a straight line which is parallel to the axis "y". The structure arises from the prime numbers A000040.

Examples

			From _Paolo Xausa_, Jan 09 2023: (Start)
In the following diagrams the A211000 structure is shown at the end of the n-th stage (Q-toothpicks are depicted as straight lines instead of circle arcs; circles are depicted as rhombi).
n       0       5      11      13      15      34      41      65
a(n)    0       0       1       2       3       4       5       6
.
                                                                /\
                                                                \/
                                                                 \
                                                                 /
                                                        /\      /\
                                                        \/      \/
              /\      /\      /\      /\      /\/\    /\/\    /\/\
                \       \       \       \       \/      \/      \/
                 \       \       \      /\      /\      /\      /\
                 /       /       /      \/      \/      \/      \/
                        /       /\      /\      /\      /\      /\
                        \       \/      \/      \/      \/      \/
                        /\      /\      /\      /\      /\      /\
                        \/      \/      \/      \/      \/      \/
(End)
		

Links

• Paolo Xausa, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..9999
• N. J. A. Sloane, Catalog of Toothpick and Cellular Automata Sequences in the OEIS
• Index entries for sequences related to toothpick sequences

Crossrefs

Cf. A187210, A210838, A210841.

Cf. A211000, A211001, A211002, A211003.

Cf. A211010, A211011, A211021, A211022, A211023.

Cf. A355478, A357434.

Programs

Mathematica

A211020[nmax_]:=Module[{ep={{0, 0}}, angle=3/4Pi, turn=Pi/2, cells}, Join[{0}, Table[If[!PrimeQ[n], If[n>5&&PrimeQ[n-1], turn*=-1]; angle-=turn]; AppendTo[ep, AngleVector[Last[ep], {Sqrt[2], angle}]]; cells=FindCycle[Graph[MapApply[UndirectedEdge, Partition[ep, 2, 1]]], {4}, All]; CountDistinct[Map[Sort, Map[First, cells, {2}]]], {n, 0, nmax-1}]]];
A211020[100] (* Paolo Xausa, Jan 06 2023 *)

Extensions

Offset changed to 0 and a(0) prepended by Paolo Xausa, Jan 06 2023