A322663 First differences of A322662 divided by 12.

1, 1, 7, 1, 6, 11, 14, 3, 11, 14, 25, 5, 18, 21, 37, 4, 11, 21, 50, 17, 31, 50, 50, 13, 32, 39, 70, 10, 42, 41, 81, 4, 11, 21, 50, 24, 57, 74, 89, 40, 62, 84, 105, 48, 66, 85, 111, 18, 37, 64, 151, 41, 80, 126, 131, 29

Offset: 1

Author

Bradley Klee, Dec 22 2018

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Unlike A322050, this sequence contains only finitely many 1's. However, the Cellular Automaton and its counting sequences still admit a 2^n fractal structure (Cf. A322662). The subsequences L_n = {a(2^n), a(2^n+1), ... a(2^(n+1)-1)} appear to approach a limit sequence L_{oo}, starting with 4 ON cells. Of these 4, one is a "pioneer" at distance d*2^n from the origin, with d the distance of one knight step. The other three of four ON cells are due to retrogressive growth.

Examples

			Written as a 2^k triangle:
1,
1, 7,
1, 6,  11, 14,
3, 11, 14, 25, 5,  18, 21, 37,
4, 11, 21, 50, 17, 31, 50, 50, 13, 32, 39, 70,  10, 42, 41, 81,
4, 11, 21, 50, 24, 57, 74, 89, 40, 62, 84, 105, 48, 66, 85, 111, ...
		

Crossrefs

Hexagonal: A151724, A170898, A256537. Square: A147582, A147610, A048883; A319019, A322050, A322049. Lower Bound: A038573.

Programs

Mathematica

HexStar=2*Sqrt[3]*{Cos[#*Pi/3+Pi/6],Sin[#*Pi/3+Pi/6]}&/@Range[0,5];
MoveSet2 =Join[2*HexStar+RotateRight[HexStar],2*HexStar+RotateLeft[HexStar]];
Clear@Pts;Pts[0] = {{0, 0}};
Pts[n_]:=Pts[n]=With[{pts=Pts[n-1]},Union[pts,Cases[Tally[Flatten[pts/.{x_,y_}:> Evaluate[{x,y}+#&/@MoveSet2],1]],{x_,1}:>x]]];
Abs[(1/12)*Subtract@@#&/@Partition[Length[Pts[#]]&/@Range[0,32],2,1]]

Formula

a(n) = (A322662(n)-A322662(n-1))/12.