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A282266 Binary representation of the x-axis, from the origin to the right edge, of the n-th stage of growth of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 449", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 111, 0, 11111, 0, 1111111, 0, 111111111, 0, 11111111111, 0, 1111111111111, 0, 111110011111111, 0, 11100000011111111, 11110000000000, 1101100110011111111, 1111000000000000, 110000000000011111111, 1111111110000000000, 11110000000111111111111
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Author

Robert Price, Feb 10 2017

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Comments

Initialized with a single black (ON) cell at stage zero.
Similar to A272721 but differing beginning at a(30).

References

  • S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.

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Programs

  • Mathematica
    CAStep[rule_, a_] := Map[rule[[10 - #]] &, ListConvolve[{{0, 2, 0},{2, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 0}}, a, 2],{2}];
    code = 449; stages = 128;
    rule = IntegerDigits[code, 2, 10];
    g = 2 * stages + 1; (* Maximum size of grid *)
    a = PadLeft[{{1}}, {g, g}, 0,Floor[{g, g}/2]]; (* Initial ON cell on grid *)
    ca = a;
    ca = Table[ca = CAStep[rule, ca], {n, 1, stages + 1}];
    PrependTo[ca, a];
    (* Trim full grid to reflect growth by one cell at each stage *)
    k = (Length[ca[[1]]] + 1)/2;
    ca = Table[Table[Part[ca[[n]] [[j]],Range[k + 1 - n, k - 1 + n]], {j, k + 1 - n, k - 1 + n}], {n, 1, k}];
    Table[FromDigits[Part[ca[[i]] [[i]], Range[i, 2 * i - 1]], 10], {i, 1, stages - 1}]
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