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A287468 Binary representation of the diagonal from the corner to the origin of the n-th stage of growth of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 276", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 11, 0, 111, 0, 1111, 0, 11111, 0, 111111, 0, 1111111, 0, 11111111, 0, 111111111, 0, 1111111111, 0, 11111111111, 0, 111111111111, 0, 1111111111111, 0, 11111111111111, 0, 111111111111111, 0, 1111111111111111, 0, 11111111111111111, 0, 111111111111111111
Offset: 0

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Author

Robert Price, May 25 2017

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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.

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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 = 276; 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

From Colin Barker, May 29 2017: (Start)
Conjectures:
G.f.: 1 / ((1 - x)*(1 + x)*(1 - 10*x^2)).
a(n) = (10^(n/2+1) - 1) / 9 for n even.
a(n) = 0 for n odd.
a(n) = 11*a(n-2) - 10*a(n-4) for n>3.
(End)