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A266532
Total number of Y-toothpicks after n-th stage in the "outward" version of the cellular automaton of A160120.
5
0, 1, 4, 7, 16, 19, 28, 37, 58, 61, 70, 79, 100, 109, 130, 151, 196, 199, 208, 217, 238, 247, 268, 289, 334, 343, 364, 385, 430, 451, 496, 541, 634, 637, 646, 655, 676, 685, 706, 727, 772, 781, 802, 823, 868, 889, 934, 979, 1072, 1081, 1102, 1123, 1168, 1189, 1234, 1279, 1372, 1393, 1438, 1483, 1576, 1621, 1714, 1807, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2017
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
For the connection with A160720 (the "outward" version of the Ulam-Warburton cellular automaton A147562) see formula section and A267700.
A266533 (the first differences) gives the number of Y-toothpicks added to the structure at n-th stage.
First differs from A160120 at a(9).
First differs from A160715 at a(13).
FORMULA
Conjecture: a(n) = 1 + 3*(A160720(n) - 1)/4 = 1 + 3*A267700(n-1), n >= 1. This formula is correct! - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 23 2016
a(n) = 1 + 3*(A159912(n) - n)/2, n >= 1. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 24 2016
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Applegate and Omar E. Pol, Jan 18 2016
STATUS
approved