A266533 First differences of A266532.

1, 3, 3, 9, 3, 9, 9, 21, 3, 9, 9, 21, 9, 21, 21, 45, 3, 9, 9, 21, 9, 21, 21, 45, 9, 21, 21, 45, 21, 45, 45, 93, 3, 9, 9, 21, 9, 21, 21, 45, 9, 21, 21, 45, 21, 45, 45, 93, 9, 21, 21, 45, 21, 45, 45, 93, 21, 45, 45, 93, 45, 93, 93, 189, 3, 9, 9, 21, 9, 21, 21, 45, 9, 21, 21, 45, 21, 45, 45, 93

Offset: 1

Author

David Applegate and Omar E. Pol, Jan 18 2016

Keywords

• nonn
• tabf

Comments

Number of Y-toothpicks added at n-th stage in the structure of A266532.

A simplified version of A160121.

Examples

			Written as an irregular triangle in which the row lengths are the terms of A011782 the sequence begins:
1;
3;
3, 9;
3, 9, 9, 21;
3, 9, 9, 21, 9, 21, 21, 45;
3, 9, 9, 21, 9, 21, 21, 45, 9, 21, 21, 45, 21, 45, 45, 93;
...
Observation: at least the first 11 terms of the right border coincide with A068156.
		

Links

• David Applegate, The movie version
• 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

Crossrefs

Cf. A000120, A011782, A038573, A068156. A139251, A147582, A160121, A151710, A160721, A266532, A267701.

Formula

a(1) = 1. It appears that a(n) = 3*A038573(n-1), n >= 2.