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A279053 Binary 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 131", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 101, 101, 10101, 10101, 1010101, 1010101, 101010101, 101010101, 10101010101, 10101010101, 1010101010101, 1010101010101, 101010101010101, 101010101010101, 10101010101010101, 10101010101010101, 1010101010101010101, 1010101010101010101
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Author

Robert Price, Dec 04 2016

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Comments

Initialized with a single black (ON) cell at stage zero.

References

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

Programs

  • Mathematica
    CAStep[rule_, a_] := Map[rule[[10 - #]] &, ListConvolve[{{0, 2, 0},{2, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 0}}, a, 2],{2}];
    code = 131; 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]], 10], {i, 1, stages - 1}]

Formula

Conjectures from Colin Barker, Dec 05 2016: (Start)
a(n) = (9*(-2)^n*5^(n+1) + 11*2^n*5^(n+1) - 1)/99.
a(n) = a(n-1) + 100*a(n-2) - 100*a(n-3) for n>2.
G.f.: 1 / ((1 - x)*(1 - 10*x)*(1 + 10*x)).
(End)