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A267214
Total number of OFF (white) cells after n iterations of the "Rule 109" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.
1
0, 2, 2, 7, 9, 13, 16, 26, 30, 37, 45, 57, 64, 76, 86, 101, 113, 127, 140, 160, 174, 191, 209, 231, 248, 270, 290, 315, 337, 361, 384, 414, 438, 465, 493, 525, 552, 584, 614, 649, 681, 715, 748, 788, 822, 859, 897, 939, 976, 1018, 1058, 1103, 1145, 1189
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 13 2016 and Apr 19 2019: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-1)+a(n-3)-a(n-5)-a(n-7)+a(n-8) for n>7.
G.f.: x*(2+5*x^2+2*x^4-2*x^5+3*x^6) / ((1-x)^3*(1+x)*(1+x^2)*(1+x+x^2)).
(End)
MATHEMATICA
rule=109; 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 *) nbc=Table[Total[catri[[k]]], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Number of Black cells in stage n *) nwc=Table[Length[catri[[k]]]-nbc[[k]], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Number of White cells in stage n *) Table[Total[Take[nwc, k]], {k, 1, rows}] (* Number of White cells through stage n *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A243566.
Sequence in context: A011022 A070910 A189040 * A107386 A095021 A347913
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Jan 11 2016
STATUS
approved