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A277799 Decimal representation of the x-axis, from the left edge to the origin, of the n-th stage of growth of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 1", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, 12, 1, 60, 1, 252, 1, 1020, 1, 4092, 1, 16380, 1, 65532, 1, 262140, 1, 1048572, 1, 4194300, 1, 16777212, 1, 67108860, 1, 268435452, 1, 1073741820, 1, 4294967292, 1, 17179869180, 1, 68719476732, 1, 274877906940, 1, 1099511627772, 1, 4398046511100, 1
Offset: 0

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Author

Robert Price, Oct 31 2016

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Comments

Initialized with a single black (ON) cell at stage zero.
Rule numbers 1, 9, 17, 25, 257, 265, 273 and 281 all generate this sequence.

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=1; 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[1,i]],2], {i,1,stages-1}]

Formula

Conjectures from Colin Barker, Nov 01 2016: (Start)
G.f.: (1 - 4*x^2 + 12*x^3) / ((1 - x)*(1 + x)*(1 - 2*x)*(1 + 2*x)).
a(n) = 5*a(n-2) - 4*a(n-4) for n>3.
a(n) = (-3/2-(-2)^n+(5*(-1)^n)/2+2^n). (End)