A277927 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 5", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
1, 1, 0, 1111, 0, 111111, 0, 11111111, 0, 1111111111, 0, 111111111111, 0, 11111111111111, 0, 1111111111111111, 0, 111111111111111111, 0, 11111111111111111111, 0, 1111111111111111111111, 0, 111111111111111111111111, 0, 11111111111111111111111111, 0
Offset: 0
References
- S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.
Links
- Robert Price, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..126
- Robert Price, Diagrams of first 20 stages
- N. J. A. Sloane, On the Number of ON Cells in Cellular Automata, arXiv:1503.01168 [math.CO], 2015
- Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Elementary Cellular Automaton
- S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science
- Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata
- Index to 2D 5-Neighbor Cellular Automata
- Index to Elementary Cellular Automata
Programs
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Mathematica
CAStep[rule_,a_]:=Map[rule[[10-#]]&,ListConvolve[{{0,2,0},{2,1,2},{0,2,0}},a,2],{2}]; code=5; 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}]
Formula
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Nov 04 2016: (Start)
a(n) = 0 for n>1 and even.
a(n) = (10^(n+1)-1)/9 for n>1 and odd.
a(n) = 101*a(n-2)-100*a(n-4) for n>5.
G.f.: (1+x-101*x^2+1010*x^3+100*x^4-1000*x^5) / ((1-x)*(1+x)*(1-10*x)*(1+10*x)).
(End)
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