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A267045
Decimal representation of the middle column of the "Rule 91" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.
3
1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 69, 138, 277, 554, 1109, 2218, 4437, 8874, 17749, 35498, 70997, 141994, 283989, 567978, 1135957, 2271914, 4543829, 9087658, 18175317, 36350634, 72701269, 145402538, 290805077, 581610154, 1163220309, 2326440618, 4652881237, 9305762474
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 10 2016 and Apr 17 2019: (Start)
a(n) = (2*(-1)^n+13*2^n-6)/12 for n>1.
a(n) = 2*a(n-1)+a(n-2)-2*a(n-3) for n>4. [Typo corrected by Karl V. Keller, Jr., Mar 16 2022]
G.f.: (1-x^2+x^4) / ((1-x)*(1+x)*(1-2*x)).
(End)
MATHEMATICA
rule=91; rows=20; ca=CellularAutomaton[rule, {{1}, 0}, rows-1, {All, All}]; (* Start with single black cell *) catri=Table[Take[ca[[k]], {rows-k+1, rows+k-1}], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Truncated list of each row *) mc=Table[catri[[k]][[k]], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Keep only middle cell from each row *) Table[FromDigits[Take[mc, k], 2], {k, 1, rows}] (* Binary Representation of Middle Column *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A098718 A018299 A083593 * A266446 A018093 A214083
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Jan 09 2016
STATUS
approved